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GM sourcing components for the Chevy Volt produced from recycled oil-soaked plastic booms from BP spill

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Steps in recycling the booms to auto parts. General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. Click to enlarge. Boom recycling process. Click to launch.

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