In my most recent article on Earth911, I cover the 10 year anniversary of Ford Motor’s car parts recycling program. The Core Recovery Program salvages everything from windshield wiper motors to bumpers--going far beyond the usual recycling of steel that automakers have done for decades. Working with dealers across the country, Ford tags each car part with a bar code and tracks them as they go from factory to dealer.

To learn a little more about how Ford’s recycling works, and how this ties in with the transformation underway in Detroit, watch the video below.

Read the full article on Earth911 here. (Image credit: Ford)

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.