Ford turns aluminum scrap into aluminum trucks

Ford says it recycles enough aluminum scrap at its stamping plant in Dearborn, Mich., each month to build 30,000 F-150 bodies.

According to the automaker, as much as 20 million lbs. of aluminum stamping scrap is recycled each month at the plant west of Detroit using a closed-look system, which is then used to build parts for the aluminum-bodied Ford F-150 pickup.

Ford says that between 30- and 40 per cent of a typical aluminum coil is turned into scrap in the stamping process, which is then recycled into new metal for the truck using the closed-loop system.

Launched for the 2015 model year, the 13th generation of the F-150 weighs as much as 400 lbs. less than its predecessor thanks to its all-aluminum body.

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