Ford Motor’s Plastic Recycling Efforts

The president of PT Harvest International Indonesia, Harvey Goldstein has resided for over 50 years in the Southeast Asian region. Harvey Goldstein has served multiple terms as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, and has facilitated foreign investments in countries including Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. He has assisted firms such as Ford Motor to invest in the region.

Global automotive company Ford Motor is using environmentally friendly auto parts by utilizing recycled plastic bottles. It uses around 1.2 billion recycled bottles annually, which works out to 250 bottles per vehicle on average. The process involves used plastic bottles being shredded and sold to suppliers who melt the bottles and extrude the material, producing plastic fibers.

The fibers are mixed with other materials to produce material sheets, which are made into automotive parts. Light in weight, Ford uses them for underbody shields, wheel arch liners, and engine under-shields. Recycling plastic bottles helps reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in places such as the giant garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean, which is said to be larger in area than Mexico.

The EERC – Innovator and Meeting Partner

With more than four decades of executive experience in Southeast Asia, Harvey Goldstein serves as both the managing director of Singapore’s Business-Link Consultancy PTE, Ltd., and president and director of PT Harvest International Indonesia. Through PT Harvest International Indonesia, Harvey Goldstein has overseen a variety of client services for over 100 clients, including the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC).

Founded as the Robertson Lignite Research Laboratory in 1951, the EERC is dedicated to addressing environment and energy issues throughout the world. With its experienced team of scientists and engineers, the EERC partners with a wide range of research, industry, and government organizations to achieve its goals. To best focus on innovative solutions, the EERC maintains a network of nine centers of excellence, including the National Center for Hydrogen Technology, the Emission Control Technologies Center, and the National Alternative Fuels Center.

The EERC is a member and sponsor of the annual Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership, which will hold its 2015 meeting in Chicago. Scheduled to be held at the Embassy Suites Chicago – Downtown/Lakefront location from September 16 through 17, meeting topics are anticipated to range from laboratory and modeling advancements to joint collaborative projects between the United States and Canada. Interested members may also participate in the workshop on CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery the day before the meeting’s official start.