Love those leather seats in your Bimmer so much you want to take 'em inside when you park the car. Well now you can, sort of. A Maryland-based company that makes floor and wall covering from recycled leather scrap says that the company that supplies BMW's leather upholstery is now supplying it with scraps. EcoDomo LLC , a 5-year-old company out of Rockville, Md., uses scrap leather, tree bark and natural latex to manufacture high-end floor and wall tiles with, it says, the look and feel of leather, the resilience of cork and the wear characteristics of hardwood flooring. Spokesman Christian Nadeau – on his way to the Greenbuild 2009 sustainable bulding materials expo in Phoenix, Ariz. (Wednesday through Friday this week) – told Green Car Advisor that one of the company's suppliers is a major European upholstery products manufacturer that does not only BMW seats but leather seats for several other automakers as well.
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BMW Leather Upholstery Scraps Can Dress Up Your Walls and Floors