How Much Aluminum Does Ford Recycle to Create F-150s?
Just how much aluminum does Ford recycle every month at its Dearborn plant? The answer is a lot. The automaker’s efforts to go green are tremendous in fact. Using recycled aluminum prevents 95 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions created by aluminum production, making the F-150’s composition exceptionally eco-friendly.
Getting a bit more specific with the answer to our original question, Ford recycles approximately 20 million pounds of aluminum stamping scrap every month! That’s enough to build 30,000 F-150 bodies.

When aluminum coil goes through the stamping process, about 30-40 percent of it becomes scrap, but…
