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Raw materials
Glass, metal, plastic produced from raw materials which are finite
Obtained by quarrying or mining
Hard to environment, harmful chemicals relased
A lot of energy to turn raw materials into useful products, energy comes from limited resources
Reducing need for raw materials
Reusing and recycling
Help to save limited resources and energy
Reduce the amount of waste we produce
Ways we can reuse and recycle
Glass bottles can be reused and crushed melted for different glass products
Plastic bottle can be recycled to make carpets and fleece jackets
Recycling metals
Melt and recast metals into different products
Different metals need to be separated before recycled
Depends on properties of final product
Some scrap steel can be added to iron from a blast furnace reducing the amount of iron extracted from iron ore
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