Lauren, Jake, Ben, Fadil

Aluminum: Primary source is bauxite, which is extracted from the Earth Polycarbonate: Made from crude oil and natural gas Lacquer: Made from acrylic Gold: Mined Dyes: Made from petroleum products ACQUIRING MATERIAL

Bauxite is washed, crushed, dissolved, filtered, and harvested into a substance called alumina. Alumina is then smelted into aluminum. Crude oil and natural gas are combined with other chemicals in a manufacturing processing plant. PROCESSING

An injection moldering machine creates a 1 millimeter thick piece of carbonate, which will serve as the core of the disk. Polycarbonate shape is modified. It is then placed under high pressure, while then a stamper places tiny indentations holding digital information. These indentations are read when the CD is played in a CD player. The plastic molds are then placed in the “metallizer”, which places a thin reflective metal layer (commonly aluminum) by the “sputtering” process. The playback laser reads this information off the reflective surface. Lacquer is then placed as a coding layer to protect the CD from external damage. MANUFACTURING

The CDs are then packaged in a plastic case. Sometimes they might be in cardboard boxes with plastic shrink-wrap covering. PACKAGING

Plane, truck, or rail which requires fossil fuels for energy. This in the end contributes to climate change. TRANSPORTATION TO THE CONSUMERS

Used to hold information, music, play Playstation one games. The good stuff… THEIR USES