{"id":1517,"date":"2025-03-06T08:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recycledmaterials.org\/?page_id=1517"},"modified":"2025-05-28T09:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T14:34:54","slug":"how-planes-and-buses-use-recycled-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.recycledmaterials.org\/campaign\/how-planes-and-buses-use-recycled-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"How Planes and Buses Use Recycled Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id1517_4b0235-61{margin-top:56px;}.kb-row-layout-id1517_4b0235-61 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:end;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1517_4b0235-61 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:end;}.kb-row-layout-id1517_4b0235-61 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 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class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recycledmaterials.org\/campaign\/\">Campaign<\/a><\/span> &gt; <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">How Planes and Buses Use Recycled Materials<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1517_372381-a5{max-width:576px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-dir-horizontal:not(.kb-section-md-dir-vertical)>.kt-inside-inner-col>.kadence-column1517_372381-a5{-webkit-flex:0 1 576px;flex:0 1 576px;max-width:unset;margin-left:unset;margin-right:unset;}.kadence-column1517_372381-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1517_372381-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1517_372381-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1517_372381-a5 > 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.kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:20px;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.wp-block-kadence-column.kb-section-sm-dir-vertical:not(.kb-section-sm-dir-horizontal):not(.kb-section-sm-dir-specificity)>.kt-inside-inner-col>.kadence-column1517_372381-a5{max-width:576px;-webkit-flex:1;flex:1;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1517_372381-a5\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38\"]{max-width:534px;margin-bottom:20px;text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_51f28e-38\">How Planes and Buses Use Recycled Materials<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2\"]{max-width:468px;text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1517_c20fe9-b2\">Airplanes and buses are made with recycled materials. 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