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39. Project 14: Crude Design Designs

Natural Gas Products made from recycled materials:
is a non-renewable hydrocarbon ○ Skateboard (fishing nets) Recycled materials:
used as a source of energy for heating, ○ A useful jacket (soda bottles) ○ Concrete
cooking, and electricity generation. ○ Board shorts (ocean trash) ○ Steel
Coal ○ Gardening pots (plastics)
Oil Coal produces significant ○ Looptworks (landfills) ○ Aluminum
Crude oil causes acid rain, amounts of pollution and ○ Plastic (PET)
plastic pollution, global gas emissions ○ Newspapers
warning etc. Fossil Fuels Single-use Plastics: Prevents dangerous materials ○ Cardboard
Non-renewable energy Razers from contaminating the Recycling ○ Plastics (HDPE)
environment.
○ Glass
comes from sources Plastic Bags ○ Mixed Papers
that will run out. Plastic Bottles ○ Used Motor Oil
Unsustainability Disposable cutlery
Deforestation is This symbol indicates that a
causing climate change. Food packaging product’s packaging can The action or process of
be recycled. converting waste into
80% of the world's energy About 17% of the Amazonian reusable material.
consumption is sustained rainforest has been destroyed
by the extraction of fossil fuels. over the past 50 years and
numbers are rising.

Key Research
Mind Map Polyester main materials
used in fast fashion due
to its cheap cost.
The world is producing; Fashion products
The world generates 2 20% Wastewater being designed for
billion tonnes of waste a year. 10% Carbon emissions. short-term use.

EU Waste:
Waste is recycled within the Fashion industry one 300,000 tones sent to
country or shipped abroad ○ General waste is mostly sent of the most polluting Fast Fashion/ British landfills each year.
to landfill or incineration.
to large-scale recycling plants. ○ Waste can be incinerated industries in the world. Consumerism
Waste Clothing quality is
and converted into energy. decreasing along
Demand for last-mile transport. with costs.
Between 20% to 40% of fruit/veg
Africa and Asia Waste: are rejected by supermarkets Consumption? Examples:
○ Compostable waste is often used before hitting the shelves. Fast-moving consumer goods, Packaged foods
in third world countries. also known as consumer Beverages
○ Some areas dump there waste in packaged goods, are products Toiletries
slums as there is no waste collection. that are sold quickly and at a Candies
○ It is cheaper to dispose of waste by relatively low cost. Cosmetics
dumping on streets. Dry goods

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https://www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/key-statistics/energy-use-overview/
https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch
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