Ford releases its 16th annual Sustainability Report highlighting its achievement of several environmental goals, including Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant attaining zero waste-to-landfill status - giving Ford the distinction of becoming landfill-free in all of its Mexico manufacturing facilities

Ford is making strides, once again, toward changing the way the world moves - highlighting key mobility mega trends and the company's environmental achievements in the release of its 16th annual Sustainability Report.

The report highlights Ford's achievement in reducing global waste-to-landfill by announcing Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant attained zero waste-to-landfill status early this year, giving the company the distinction of now being landfill-free in all of its Mexico manufacturing facilities.

As a result, Ford Mexico's manufacturing plants are diverting 1.5 million pounds of landfill waste this year and each year going forward, based on 2014 rates for waste generation.

The success of the Hermosillo facility, as well as Ford's Cuautitlan and Chihuahua plants in Mexico, will help the company achieve its target of reducing global waste-to-landfill by 40 percent per vehicle produced from 2011 to 2016; Ford reduced global per vehicle waste-to-landfill by 40 percent from 2007 to 2011.

Ford is proud that all of its manufacturing facilities in Mexico are sending zero waste to landfills," said Andy Hobbs, director, Ford Environmental Quality Office. "We are decreasing our global environmental footprint while maintaining world-class manufacturing systems."

Work began nearly five years ago to make Ford Mexico's manufacturing plants landfill-free. Nearly 45 tons of cafeteria waste now are composted and reused by farmers to improve agricultural growth and community green areas surrounding the plants. Solvents are recycled and scrap aluminum is collected for reuse - creating closed-loop systems.

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