What's in your backseat? Floor? Empty water bottles or a pair of blue jeans, perhaps? ...more than you know.
When you get into your car, have you ever thought about what you are sitting on? Do you know what your car parts or components are made of?
Trash. Yes, trash. Automakers are recycling plastic detergent bottles, milk cartons, blue jeans, old carpet fibers, soda bottles, yarn, and even used cardboard to make materials for vehicles to help reduce their carbon footprint.
GM and Ford are already using trash, or recycled materials, to make different parts to their vehicles. GM used recycled water bottles to make register vanes in the Cadillac SRX and used cardboard to make an acoustic backing for the headliner in the 2010 Buick Lacrosse, as well as blue jeans to make dash mats. Ford used recycled soda bottles and yarn to make the fabric for the seats in the 2010 Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKZ, as well as laundry detergent bottles and milk cartons to make different exterior and under-the-hood components.
When you get into your car, have you ever thought about what you are sitting on? Do you know what your car parts or components are made of?
Trash. Yes, trash. Automakers are recycling plastic detergent bottles, milk cartons, blue jeans, old carpet fibers, soda bottles, yarn, and even used cardboard to make materials for vehicles to help reduce their carbon footprint.
GM and Ford are already using trash, or recycled materials, to make different parts to their vehicles. GM used recycled water bottles to make register vanes in the Cadillac SRX and used cardboard to make an acoustic backing for the headliner in the 2010 Buick Lacrosse, as well as blue jeans to make dash mats. Ford used recycled soda bottles and yarn to make the fabric for the seats in the 2010 Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKZ, as well as laundry detergent bottles and milk cartons to make different exterior and under-the-hood components.
Read more about how Ford and General Motors are reducing their carbon footprint. Or read an article published by the Hartford Business Journal Online.
While both companies are making more efforts to become eco-friendly and help reduce waste, I'm sure it tremendously helps market their brands and make them stronger.
What do you drive? With the exception of a hybrid, is it green? How is the automaker of your vehicle reducing its carbon footprint?
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