USA Today...REPREVE helps Ford recycle 2 million plastic bottles for sustainable car seat fabric
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The New York Times...Ford Is Covering Seats in Soda Bottles, with Help of REPREVE
Together, Ford and REPREVE will save 2 million plastic bottles from the landfill. By collaborating with REPREVE, Ford now offers customers the green option of seat fabric made with recycled materials. Each Ford Focus will keep 22 plastic bottles out of the landfill.
DesignNews...Ford Recycles CES Plastic for Car Seats
Ford is converting recycled plastic water bottles and other plastic waste into car seats for the 2012 Ford Focus Electric. Ford and Unifi, maker of the Repreve car seat fabric, will collect and recycle bottles from both the Consumer Electronics Show and the North American International Auto Show for use in those car seats.
The Company Behind Repreve Recycled
Repreve is made by
the Greensboro, North Carolina textile manufacturer Unifi.
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