United States – This year marks a decade since Ford Motor Co. started an aggressive recycling programme in the USA, dubbed the Core Recovery Program and covering the collection, refurbishing and reprocessing of a vast range of parts from vehicles that Ford’s dealers across America have collected over time from car owners.
A few years ago, for example, a damaged bumper or headlight would have gone to landfill. But these are now gathered and either refurbished or dismantled and then recycled. Two years after they were added to Ford′s list, over 62 000 bumpers have been salvaged while 26 000 headlights were recycled.
These form just a portion of Ford′s recycling initiative: the company estimates that it has diverted 120 million pounds from landfills since 2003 when the company launched what Mark Trombetta, Manager of Ford′s Core Recovery Center network, calls a ′one-stop shopping process′ to make recycling more seamless for everyone within the company′s operations.
For Ford, the programme has led to a reduction in waste and an enhancement of its environmental credentials; furthermore, it has proven to be a money generator.
For more information, visit: www.ford.com
Source: Earth911.com
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