In 2009, C.R.F. continued in its commitment to evaluate the environmental impacts and, in particular, the carbon footprint of designing and producing plastic components for interiors. Testing started on moulding biopolymers - polymers obtained from renewable sources (green chemicals) rather than petrochemicals, enabling a significant reduction in CO2 emissions - while testing continued on components for vehicle interiors made out of plastics reinforced with natural fibres and new tests were launched to explore the feasibility of using recycled plastics from end-of-life vehicles, such as polypropylene from bumpers and rubber dust from tyres.