Source, Extraction, Recycling

Question 1

Paper + Boards

Answer 1

Trees. Chopped. Bark removed. Chipped into fibres. Mixed with water and glue and turned into Pulp. Pulp rolled and dried into stock form.

Question 2

Expanded polystyrene, polypropylene

Answer 2

Crude oil

Question 3

Timber

Answer 3

Trees. Chopped. Branches stripped. Bark removed. Logs cut into plank. Dried/seasoned in kiln.

Question 4

Metal

Answer 4

Ore. Big rocks dug out of ground and Orr is mined/quarried from it or caves, contaminants are removed. Ore is then refined and made pure, collected and then melted and casted into pure ingots or other stock forms

Question 5

Polymer

Answer 5

Crude oil. Polymerisation (attaching monsters together). Fractional distillation is used to separate the crude oil into different polymers

Question 6

Recyclability of paper and boards

Answer 6

All apart from ones made from crude oil. Biodegradable. Foil lined board cannot be recycled as it is composite.

Question 7

Recyclability of timber

Answer 7

Shredded and recycled into paper

Question 8

Recyclability of metals

Answer 8

Metal collected and squashed. Metals shredded and placed in large furnace to melt. Purification happens. Molten metal carried by conveyer belt to cooling chamber

Question 9

Recyclability of polymers

Answer 9

Finite. Synthetic ones aren’t biodegradable. Vegetable made ones are.