The Times has reported that Defra, the UK environment department, has struck a deal with Ford and Hemcore, a company that specialises in hemp production, to research the possibility of using the material as the basis of car components.
“Defra’s funding is being used to create new materials based on fibres from hemp and other plants such as flax and willow, to replace metals and oil-based plastics. The fibres are blended with polypropylene and the resulting mixture can then be moulded into whatever shape is required,” the article said.
The use of such material would make the car more sustainable and easier to recycle.
How do they separate the hemp from the polypropylene when they recycle it?