General Motors has figured out a way to make components such as air dams and water deflectors from the equipment deployed to mop up oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
"As early as next week, we will be making parts out of the absorbent booms from the Gulf," said John Bradburn, of GM's Global Environmental Programs department, last week.
Absorbent booms are those puffy, floating plastic tubes that look like dental cotton grown to gigantic sizes. They absorb oil but repel water; GM and its partner GDC essentially clean the material, recycle it, and then produce car parts that take advantage of its hydrophobic nature
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