In an effort to lessen their environmental impact, Ford has pledged to reduce the waste produced per vehicle by 41 percent by 2016.

Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Executive Chairman Bill Ford have made environmental awareness a priority for Ford in the coming years. In 2011, the average amount of waste per vehicle was 22.7 pounds. By 2016, they hope to cut it down to 13.4 pounds per vehicle. Ford has already made an effort to reduce their waste, cutting it from 37.9 pounds to 22.7 pounds between 2007 and 2011.

Most of the news revolving around the auto industry and the environment has involved reducing the weight of vehicles to make them more fuel efficient, but reducing the weight in auto production is important as well. If the automakers are producing a large amount of waste building electric cars, then they aren’t really helping the environment. They are green in name only. We commend Ford for their efforts in reducing waste and producing better cars in the process.

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