plastic passion
Published October 9, 2006 | 
Oh, mercy mercy me
Oh, things ain’t what they used to be
No, no
Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas
Fish full of mercury
- marvin gaye
The only answer I can find is that recycled plastic is not tough enough. I’m sure you know what the question is. . . “Why not kayaks from recycled plastic?” I came across someone else who asked that very same question some time ago on Playak.com. Certainly all of us environmentally minded kayakers would love the idea. Well, according to responses from both EJ of Jackson Kayaks and Shane Benedict of Liquid Logic recycled plastic is just not durable enough. I’m certainly not going to question the experts. Thing is, I was sitting by this children’s play structure yesterday made of 100% recycled materials. I thought, anything that is abused day in and day out by mobs of kids should be pretty durable. But what do I know!?
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One Response to plastic passion
The only company that I heard of that was using recycled plastic was Walden Kayaks. They were bought out and sadly shut down though… I was reading an article that said that recycled plastic was often to brittle as they are generally a mix of plastics. Walden boats were 100% recycled plastic.
David J.
http://www.seakayakinstructor.com