COLOGNE, Germany—Olive trees bear a fruit that is consumed all over the world as snacks, oil and tapenades. Engineers at Ford Motor Co. are also developing ways to turn branches, twigs and leaves that are discarded during olive harvesting into sustainable auto parts.
The trial was conducted as part of the COMPOlive project that focused on creating environmental changes in olive production, using biocomposites instead of plastic and supporting the circular economy.