One for the road: Ford and McDonald's to turn coffee waste into car parts

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Bioplastic car parts will reduce weight and lower petrol use to cut CO2 emissions

Waste coffee from McDonald's is to be turned into new, lightweight car parts under a new partnership announced this week between the fast food giant and the carmaker Ford. Researchers from the two...

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