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Recently, Ford Motor Company announced that it will use McDonald's USA's coffee chaff (the film between coffee husks and coffee beans) to make bioplastics for the front of cars.
Manufacture of light housings
.
Every year, millions of pounds of coffee silver skins are naturally shed during the roasting process
.
Ford and McDonald's found that coffee silver skins, heated at high temperature and low oxygen, mixed with plastics and additives can be converted into durable plastic particles that can be used to strengthen certain auto parts
.
Achieve 20% weight loss and 25% energy saving
Achieve 20% weight reduction and 25% energy saving Achieve 20% weight reduction and 25% energy saving 20% 20% 25% 25%Composites containing coffee silver skin meet the quality requirements for automotive headlight housings and automotive interior and under-engine components
.
Ford says the heating performance of the coffee silver skin composite is significantly improved over existing materials
.
"McDonald's has impressed us with its commitment to innovation, consistent with Ford's forward-looking vision and actions
for sustainability," said Debbie Mielewski, senior technical director of Ford's sustainability and emerging materials research team.
McDonald's expects to supply the bulk of its coffee silver skins in North America directly to Ford for use in making auto parts
.
“Ford, like McDonald’s, is committed to reducing waste
.
Ford's partnership with McDonald's is an innovative move by the two companies in product and environmental stewardship
.
The project also includes Varroc Lighting Systems, which supplies automotive headlights, and Competitive Green Technologies, a processor of coffee silver skins
.
Ford is moving toward the goal of using recyclable and renewable plastics, and the variety of sustainable materials is growing
.
“Sustainability has been a priority for Ford for more than 20 years
.
This partnership with McDonald’s is an example of launching a closed-loop economy
.
In a closed-loop economy, different industries need to work together to remove what may become by-products or waste.
exchange of raw materials and find new application scenarios for these raw materials,
” added Debbie Milewski
.
