All you have to do it throw your old Polypro boards in the recycling. Apparently Australian money is made out of the stuff. Polypropylene that is, not necessary old bodyboards. Sorry to anyone who wanted to know how to make money haha. But seriously, on the back of mike Stewart's article in the futures issue of riptide I was just wondering what sort of stuff old boards could be made into. My boards are PP so it is likely that they could be recycled into, packaging, ropes, thermal underwear, carpets, stationery, plastic parts, reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components and polymer banknotes. Pretty cool, i like the idea of walking on a carpet made from my old bodyboards while wearing ex-boog thermal undies for some reason ha ha. There is also a company that turns old bodyboards into nose and tail protectors for surfboards when they are in transit. I bet the sticks love that. It would be cool if like mike said in the article old boards could be made into new boards. That would bring down costs a bit rather than sourcing new materials all the time. When you think about it, you don't really throw away boards unless they are trashed (well i don't) so there is likely more bodyboards on the planet today than ever before. All that Non-Biodegradable PP potentially becoming landfill. Man is very good at creating stuff at the expense of the environment. I was actually wondering, why bodyboards aren't printed with the recycling symbols, one: to let boogs know that they should recycle their old friends and two: 
so that when an old boog goes through to the recycling plant the good people on the other end know what pile to put it in. Or is it the case that something in the way a bodyboard is made renders it non recyclable? That doesn't seem likely. So why don't they have the triangle with PP 05 on em? I'd hate to think that a sport like ours that relishes in the delights of nature would one day be responsible for trashing it. Perhaps the surf and booga stores should start doing deals like "bring your old board in for recycling and receive 5% off your next board. That way we could ensure that our old friends don't become foes. Thus ends today's musings.
so that when an old boog goes through to the recycling plant the good people on the other end know what pile to put it in. Or is it the case that something in the way a bodyboard is made renders it non recyclable? That doesn't seem likely. So why don't they have the triangle with PP 05 on em? I'd hate to think that a sport like ours that relishes in the delights of nature would one day be responsible for trashing it. Perhaps the surf and booga stores should start doing deals like "bring your old board in for recycling and receive 5% off your next board. That way we could ensure that our old friends don't become foes. Thus ends today's musings.
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