Question

You see pieces of cardboard,empty soft drink cans,and a broken wooden chair dumped in a vacant lot.A.What resources were used in producing these materials?B.What materials are being wasted in the dumpsites?

Answer 1

You see pieces of cardboard,empty soft drink cans,and a broken wooden chair dumped in a vacant lot.A.What resources were used in producing these materials?B.What materials are being wasted in the dumpsites?

Explanation:

A.  Cardboard is made up of 3 layers of thick paper. it is widely used in packaging materials. Thick paper obtained from tree trunk pulp is used to manufacture cardboard.

Soft drink cants are most commonly made out of thin sheets of aluminium. The metal is obtained from bauxite

The broken wooden chair is made up of wood which is obtained by logging of large trees. The timber obtained from such trees is used for making furniture, in construction, making paper , etc

B. The wasteful nature of the human species results in wastage of millions of tons of resources each year. Many dumpsites are littered with plastics, metals,glass bottles, wood, fabrics, etc that could have been reused or recycled.