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Ford To Use Wheat Straw-Reinforced Plastic in 2010 Ford Flex.

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Back in the 1920’s, Henry Ford developed a product called “Fordite”, which was a mixture of wheat straw, rubber, sulphur, silica and other ingredients that was used to make steering wheels for his vehicles. Well, what comes around goes around, as the Ford of 2009 just announced that they are going to start using wheat [...]

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The Daily Five: Friday, 30 May, 2008

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A California company announces they’ve synthesized a perfect copy of crude oil from algae; plug-in features for the 2009 Prius; and a plastics trade group frets about too much plastic.

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Win a Brita Faucet Filter from EcoTech Daily!

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April is Earth Month! To celebrate — and mark the launch of EcoTech Daily — we’ve teamed up with FilterForGood to fight plastic waste. Subscribe to our RSS feed, and you could win a Brita Faucet Filter.

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