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

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

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. Heritage Environmental managed the collection of boom material along the Louisiana coast. Boom recycling process.

Oil

Oil GM Volt Polymer

Explosion and Fire on GOM Deepwater Drilling Rig

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

central time in the United States Gulf of Mexico (GOM); the rig was located approximately 41 miles offshore Louisiana on Mississippi Canyon block 252. It can operate in maximum water depth of 8,000 ft (2,438 m) and has a maximum drill depth of 30,000 ft (9,144 m). The incident occurred April 20, 2010 at approximately 10:00 p.m.

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Mississippi Louisiana 2001 Fleet

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

Explosion and Fire on GOM Deepwater Drilling Rig

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