Henry Ford, Industrial Conservationist? Take-back, waste reduction and recycling at the Rouge
by Tom McCarthy
Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal (PIE), Vol. 3, No. 4, 2006

Abstract: Many of the ideas and practises of industrial ecology are not new. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the extensive waste reduction and recycling programmes implemented by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company at the famous River Rouge complex during the 1920s and 1930s. Perhaps the most noteworthy of these programmes was an automobile disassembly line for end-of-life vehicles. Ford's efforts occurred in the larger context of the US 'industrial conservation' movement, which the company epitomised while at the same time standing apart from it. Although Ford's programmes were widely publicised, the company's aloofness and unique position, the idiosyncratic motives behind the programmes, and the arrival of the Great Depression, all worked against other companies emulating Ford's commitment.

Online publication date: Wed, 20-Dec-2006

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