Voluntary Recycling Activities

Honda, in cooperation with other domestic motorcycle manufacturers and a number of motorcycle importers, started voluntary recycling activities for motorcycles on October 1, 2004.
These activities were the world’s first initiative toward the stable recycling of motorcycles, implemented in cooperation with dealers. Under this program, we accept motorcycles that customers want to dispose of at our dealers or at other specified facilities and then properly dispose of and recycle them at recycling facilities.
Honda will endeavor to reduce the recycling cost of motorcycles and strengthen measures to properly recycle them in Japan. We will then expand this recycling approach overseas.

Recycling Results in Fiscal 2005

• Number of motorcycles accepted

Of end-of-life motorcycles accepted at designated facilities, 2,018 units were Honda products, accounting for 61.8 percent of the total.

• Recycling rate

According to calculations made based on the number of motorcycles, by category, treated at 14 disposal and recycling facilities, the recycling rate was 83.3 percent for Honda scooters (including three-wheeler scooters and business scooters), and 85.2 percent for Honda motorcycles. On a weighted average basis, we achieved an 84.4 percent recycling rate.

• Labeling with an authorized recycle mark

Honda’s plan to label all its domestically sold motorcycles with an authorized recycle mark was implemented on October 1, 2005. (As of October 1, 2005: 141 types are labeled with an authorized recycle mark.)