{"id":186908,"date":"2010-01-15T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T22:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ford-biodegradable-car-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-15T17:51:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T22:51:41","slug":"ford-developers-were-working-towards-a-biodegradable-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/186908","title":{"rendered":"Ford Developers: We&#8217;re Working Towards A Biodegradable Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when plastic is &#8220;choking the Pacific Ocean,&#8221; bio-engineers at the Ford Research and Innovation&nbsp; Center are developing <a name=\"&quot;flashObj&quot;\" href=\"&lt;object%20id=&quot;flashObj&quot;%20width=&quot;400&quot;%20height=&quot;346&quot;%20classid=&quot;clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000&quot;%20codebase=&quot;http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0&quot;&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;movie&quot;%20value=&quot;http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/10032373001?isVid=1&amp;publisherID=1612833736&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;bgcolor&quot;%20value=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;flashVars&quot;%20value=&quot;videoId=61628125001&amp;playerID=10032373001&amp;domain=embed&amp;&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;base&quot;%20value=&quot;http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;seamlesstabbing&quot;%20value=&quot;false&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot;%20value=&quot;true&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;swLiveConnect&quot;%20value=&quot;true&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;param%20name=&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot;%20value=&quot;always&quot;%20\/&gt;&lt;embed%20src=\">natural-based plastics<\/a> in hopes that one day cars will use compostable parts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walletpop.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/15\/the-future-of-fords-cars-biodegradable\/\">WalletPop.com reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> The average car has roughly 300 pounds of plastic on it, all of which is petroleum based. 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