Ford is recycling over one billion plastic bottles every year to develop elements of he car's interior, reducing the amount of plastic ending up in a landfill. The American car maker has revealed that their Romanian-built EcoSport SUVs' carpets are made using 470 single-use bottles from recycled plastic bottles. The combined weight is said to weigh an estimated 8,262 metric tons and, if they were laid end to end, would stretch more than twice around the world, they said. Plastic fantastic: Ford has revealed that its EcoSport SUV features carpets that are made from recycled plastic bottles. According to the United Nations Environmental Agency, the world produces around 300 million tons of plastic each year, half of which is single-use items.