In a commitment to preserving the coastal and inland waterways, the Suzuki Clean Ocean Project aims to contribute to cleaner oceans and rivers in countries around the globe. The same applies to South Africa, where Suzuki Marine recently teamed up with two non-profit organisations to conduct a clean-up operation at the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria.
One of the biggest rivers in Gauteng, the Hennops is also one of the province’s most polluted as increasing urbanisation sees its banks and waters at constant threat from litter and other forms of hazardous waste.
“Water is one of the most critical resource issues of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime, so we at Suzuki are proud to have assisted Hennops Revival and Deep Water Movement in cleansing a river right here on our doorstep,” said Tanja Maes, Marine Manager at Suzuki Auto South Africa. Leading up to this event our target was to fill 50 trash bags, and I’m happy to report we exceeded this number by a fair margin. After two hours of hard work, our crew of volunteers collected 241 bags; a figure which translates to just over 490 kilograms of trash.”
The disposal of this waste was overseen by Hennops Revival and Deep Water Movement as they are familiar with the correct and lawful procedures required to separate harmful medical waste from everyday recyclable trash before it is delivered to the registered land fill.
This is just one of the contributions Suzuki Marine is making towards the preservation of the environment. In order to be more considerate towards the planet, it is making efforts to not only gather plastic waste but also reduce plastic packaging from its products. Migrating to eco-friendly packaging materials such as paper saves over five tons of plastic per annum.
In addition, since July 2022, Suzuki Marine has fitted its Micro-Plastic Collecting Device (MPC) to a number of its popular outboard motors as standard equipment. This innovative filtration device allows for reliable collection of micro-plastics by simply operating the engine.
