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Gulf Oil Spill

What happened to all the plastic used absorbent boom of the oil spill a year ago to take in the Gulf of Mexico? Their usual fate is to end up in a landfill or incinerated to produce energy.

General Motors and partner companies to go a different way to develop a method to control the oil boom in new parts for Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, the Chevy Volt to recycle. Instead, there is enough material to the Volt, the air deflector for a year of production can be made, Chevrolet announced Monday.

According to GM, the oil boom in the recycling program back 227 miles of boom materials and save £ 212,500 on waste disposal sites.

To recycle the boom in new car parts, submerged oil boom that, in a centrifuge to remove the oil and turns then processed and reshaped into the air to stop the vehicle radiator surrounds.

Volt spoiler consists of more than 75 percent recycled materials: 25 percent derived from recycled oil boom, 25 percent of recycled tires for GM vehicle testing facilities and 25 percent more than the recycling of plastic packaging for the GM assembly plant. 25 percent of the final is a mixture of post-consumer recycled plastics and other polymers.
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