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Ford says you can eat interiors, and expands the idea

Ford is announcing that the 2008 Ford Mustang, F-150, Expedition and Lincoln Navigator will have soy-based seat foam, which Ford claims will deliver a carbon reduction of 605,000 pounds per year. The company also announced that the 2008 Escape uses 100 percent "post-industrial waste" (never sold to customers, and I guess not edible) that would otherwise end up in landfills. Sure, these aren't the greenest models in Ford's range, but these initiatives will expand to all Ford models and Ford has licensed the technology to other companies like ... Read more →

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