Engineers at Ford Motor Co. are developing ways to turn branches, twigs and leaves that are discarded during olive harvesting into sustainable auto parts.
Ford ventures into sustainable automotive innovation by using discarded olive tree waste branches, twigs, and leaves for manufacturing auto parts. This initiative, part of the Compolive project, aims to replace plastics with biocomposites, contributing to environmental sustainability and the circular economy.
Olive trees bear a fruit that is consumed all over the world, as snacks, oil and tapenades. Now, Ford has explored using branches, twigs and leaves that are discarded during harvest for more sustainable auto parts.
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