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Episode 13: Used Doesn’t Mean Useless

Episode 13: Used Doesn’t Mean Useless

Update: 2021-06-15
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Pop quiz: what do you do with a pile of discarded seat leather that could stretch 43 acres? Throw it in a landfill? Not if you’re Southwest. In this episode, Laura Nieto, the Director of Community Outreach at Southwest Airlines, tells us how a small idea in 2014 led to a huge repurposing project that crossed an ocean and gave “new life” to people and products.

For more stories on Southwest Airlines’ 50 years of flying and a look behind the scenes, check out latimes.com/isthisseatopen

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Episode 13: Used Doesn’t Mean Useless

Episode 13: Used Doesn’t Mean Useless

Los Angeles Times