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Ford recycles enough aluminum to build 30,000 F-150 bodies every month
- June 16, 2016
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Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., has announced it recycles as much as 20 million lbs. of aluminum stamping scrap per month using a closed-loop system at Dearborn Truck Plant, which builds the F-150®. That is the equivalent of more than 30,000 F-150 bodies in the largest configuration.
Recycled aluminum prevents 95 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with primary aluminum production. Weight savings from aluminum alloy helps the F-150 reduce its lifetime emissions compared to the previous steel-body version. From 30 to 40 percent of a typical aluminum coil is turned into scrap in the stamping process. This is recycled into new metal for the truck using the closed-loop system.
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