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Volvo Offers Environmental Car Care Kit

2 November 1999

Volvo Offers Environmental Car Care Kit; Proceeds Go to National Arbor Day Foundation

    ROCKLEIGH, N.J., Nov. 2 -- Volvo's new car care kit contains
cleaning products which are water-based and biodegradable, and packaged based
on the eco-cycle principle.  Beginning November 1, Volvo will donate $5 to
The National Arbor Day Foundation for every car care kit sold.  A minimum of
$2000 will be donated.
   The $47.48 kit includes wash, degreaser, wheel/engine cleaner, plastic
cleaner, wax, a wheel brush, sponge, cotton towel and bucket.  Available at
all Volvo retailers, the products are useful for new and classic Volvos, and
non-Volvo vehicles too.
    "Many drivers make an effort to dispose of used oil and other fluids in an
environmentally correct way.  Now we are making it easy for them to minimize
their environmental impact during the cleaning process, and simultaneously
help us support a worthwhile environmental cause," explains Phil Cabot,
Manager of Aftersales Business.
    The National Arbor Day Foundation's mission is to help people plant and
care for trees and encourage the celebration of Arbor Day to advance global
environmental stewardship for the benefit of this and future generations.
    Volvo's environmental care officially began in 1972 when the company was
the first in the automotive industry to declare its commitment during the
first United Nations Conference on the Environment.  Since then, Volvo
introduced the 3-way catalytic converter and the revolutionary Lambda Sond(TM)
sensor, eliminated all asbestos and harmful CFCs from vehicles, created an
environmental education web site for high school science teachers
(http://www.environment.volvocars.com), trained employees and earned acclaim
for its efforts worldwide.  Recently, Volvo entered a unique environmental
education partnership with Columbia University, and introduced the world's
first environmental product declaration.