Keep America Beautiful Inc. presented Ford with the 1998 Vision for America
award which honors achievements in recycling and use of recycled-content
materials and for innovative reuse of cast-off and scrap materials.
Recycling initiatives established by Ford include a “Carpet to Car Parts”
project, where recovered carpeting is screened, pelletized, and combined
with virgin resin to make engine air cleaner housings for nearly 3 million
vehicles annually. The company also uses 50 million recycled soda bottles
each year to make grille reinforcements, door padding, and roof liners.
Ford cars and trucks made in the U.S. and Europe are, on average, 75
percent recyclable. And Ford recycles its own tires, using them to
manufacture ergonomic floor mats.
FROM Waste Age’s Recycling Times
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