Ford and Heinz Weave Tomatoes into 2015 F-150
In fact, Ford has enlisted the aid of tomato experts, Heinz, in their quest to develop a 100% plant based plastic. The report says that they’re using tomato skins specifically, but that could expand to peels, stems, seeds, and the rest of it. Nike, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble are also getting in on the ground floor with this.
Ford’ll be using the material for wiring brackets and maybe a storage bin. Considering how much of an old car gets thrown away, it’s probably a good idea that some parts do degrade over time. In the future, Ford will probably use more of this material in both their cars and trucks going forward.
Let’s just hope they don’t expand into ketchup based coolant.