VIDEO From General Motors and Synaptic Digital: From the Gulf Spill to the Roadway

NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- You can call it the ultimate recycling program.  To help reduce the overall environmental impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, General Motors has embarked on a unique initiative – recycling booms.

See video from General Motors at: http://inr.synapticdigital.com/oneClip_C_105/?feed=1Jak5bbAY02mYhxXL_zRGut_FL3OOVHG

Previously, the large absorbent booms being used to soak up the oil from the spill would be buried in landfills. Now, they being are pulled from the water, spun clean and processed and remolded into car parts such as air deflectors for the new Chevrolet Volt. To date, the program has prevented over 100 miles of booms from being dumped into landfills.

Recycling of the Gulf booms is one of many steps General Motors has taken to reuse waste byproducts.  In fact, they have exceeded a promise to make 50 percent of their facilities landfill free.

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SOURCE Synaptic Digital; General Motors

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