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Honda’s History of Using Recycled Materials Continues

September 18, 2018

Via: Waste360

Product development engineers at Honda’s Research and Development facility in Raymond, Ohio, have a long history of using recycled post-industrial scrap material as insulation and sound-deadening materials in Honda and Acura products.

More than a decade ago, engineers introduced basalt (volcanic rock) into the roof liner of the 2007 Acura MDX to deliver the necessary balance of strength and weight, explains Robert Proctor, manager of the materials research division at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Previously, engineers also developed a soybean-based foam that is used in vehicle headrests, and, most recently, they have incorporated recycled plastic bottles as the PET component of the seat material on the 2019 Acura RDX.

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