Life Cycle: Plastic Fork by Kenneth Gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc From the beginning to the very end en-us 2016-08-25 18:08:07 UTC 2023-05-16 16:31:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png Raw Material Extraction kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119892849 Hydrocarbon is the material in a plastic fork. Which comes from natural oil or gas.
ex. Fossil Fuels 
Which comes from Oil refinement or Hydraulic Fracking. This is the process of digging into bedrock to release natural gas.

]]> 2016-08-25 18:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119892849 The Contaminants from Fracking  kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119895515 Localized water sources can be effected by this method because the gas can seep through this process.]]> 2016-08-25 18:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119895515 Material Processing kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119896209 After fossil fuel is processed it is then refined and shipped to the respective company. And after all materials are in place, they are combined into a polymer. Then the parts are manufactured into small pallets also known as nurdles.]]> 2016-08-25 18:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119896209 Components Manufacture kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119897393 After these nurdles are melted and cooled to make a more fast manufacturing process. These nurdles are pressed into a fork.]]> 2016-08-25 18:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119897393 Packaging and Distribution kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119898360 The utensil is placed in a box or rapped in more plastic before it is shipped to retail stores. Depending on where the company is located it is either shipped through crates or a semi tractor.]]> 2016-08-25 18:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119898360 Usage and Disposal kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119899750 After purchase usually forks have a life span of about a single use. And then after are disposed of through recycling.]]> 2016-08-25 18:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119899750 Kirkland Brand Fork kenneth_gomez https://padlet.com/kenneth_gomez/wbn48kbufzdc/wish/119938667

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