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Which is best for the Environment? ChinaPaperPolystyene
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Coffee Cups - Manufacture China – most energy to make Polystyrene – made from oil Paper – made from wood, messy process Cost of Energy varies
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Coffee Cups- Use Polystyrene – use once Paper – use once China – multi-use BUT needs washing (hot water, detergent)
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Coffee Cups- Verdict You have to use a china cup 1000 times before it is environmentally better than Polystyrene
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Coffee Cups - Disposal China – landfill Polystyrene – landfill (125 times better) Paper – can be composted – generates CH 4 (greenhouse effect)
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One of the main problems in chemical manufacture is the generation/disposal of (toxic) waste
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Manufacture of Terephthalic Acid 26 Mtons per year world-wide 500,000 tons per year per plant CH 3 COOH O2O2 Catalyst
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DuPont (former ICI) – Wilton Manufacturing Terephthalic Acid
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Why not make fibres from Sheep?
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Fibre from Sheep 1 Sheep produces 3.5 kg wool/ year 500,000 tons of wool need 10 8 sheep 10 sheep need 1 acre of land 10 8 sheep need 10 7 acres (640 acres = 1 square mile) 10 8 sheep need 15,625 square miles
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Fibre Production Sheep need 15,625 square miles 1 TA plant needs 25 acres
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What about the dead sheep?
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Flixborough 1974
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Bhopal 1984
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Cuyahoga River 1969
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Love Canal - Canada
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Assessing Risk Risk = Hazard x Exposure What we do now Limit Exposure Acceptable Risk Green Chemistry if Hazard = 0 Risk = 0
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What is Green Chemistry? Carrying out chemical activities (design, manufacture, use and disposal) such that hazardous substances will not be used or generated
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