Southwest Turns Discarded Leather Seats Into Soccer Balls
Photo Credit: Southwest is taking no-longer needed leather seat covers and is donating some of them to Alive & Kicking, which will use the leather to create soccer balls to support education programs that use sports to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and Malaria prevention. Southwest Airlines
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With the soccer ball angle, Southwest should have announced this recycling program during the World Cup. No worries, there is a good message about the environment and smart business here, and it is all sustainable.
Remember those relatively cushy leather seats on Southwest Airlines' 737-700 aircraft that gave way to slim-line seats, enabling the airline to pack an additional six seats into the cabin?
The new seats, which also can be found in some of Southwest's 737-300 aircraft, are said t
