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Transcript: Geography During the extraction stage, all the materials are either gathered or extracted to make the product, in this case books. The materials for books include, paper, adhesive, ink, glue, foil and a few other materials. Could the extraction of these materials be occurring in Canada? Of course, The largest manufacturer of paper in Canada is Domtar Inc. They get the majority of the wood for their paper from Windsor, Quebec and Espanola, Ontario. The main material in adhesives is organic matter usually obtained from slaughter houses. Does the extraction of these materials cause harm to the environment? The answer for both examples above is yes. We all know how cutting down trees can affect the environment, but how does making glue and adhesives? The process they use to manufacture the product can send harmful pollutants into the air and the dispersion of adhesives can contaminate surface waters. The companies that are extracting materials have started taking measures to reduce our ecological footprint. Logging companies, instead of clear cutting forests and wooded areas, have decided to start "selective cutting", a process that cuts down on the amount of trees that are chopped down. There are a few ways books can be recycled or reused. The best thing to do with book when you are finished with it is to reuse it. If, on the other hand, you really want to recycle it, you will have to take the book apart. Although the paper is recyclable, the adhesives and other materials that hold the pages together are not. Production Consumption Disposal During the disposal process, the books and materials will be disposed of. The disposal of books can happen anywhere books are manufactured and sold. This means the disposal of books may happen almost anywhere on earth. The disposal of books can surprisingly have a negative affect on the environment.If not disposed of properly, the adhesives and resin may start to contaminate land and surface water. This can cause a problem not only for us, but also for the fish and animals. We can reduce our ecological footprint by using the 3 R's. By reusing books, it makes it very hard for the adhesives and glue to contaminate anything. By recycling, we limit the amount of books that get thrown in land fills and increase the amount of material to make new ones. By reducing, we limit the amount of books we buy and only take what we need. As I mentioned above, recycling can take place during this stage. During the production stage, all the materials gathered in the extraction stage are put together to make the final product. The production of these products is most likely occurring in third world, or developing countries. This is because corporations and companies do not have to pay as much for the books to be manufactured. The production of this product can have a very negative impact on the environment. Although it may not affect us directly, when we ship materials over seas to be manufactured, the transportation causes pollution in the form of green house gases. When the materials get there, the actual process they use to make the books can also pollute the air and surrounding land. Since the production of these books has a negative impact on the environment, there are steps we can take to reduce our ecological footprint. The first and most obvious step is, to stop shipping our materials overseas and build them here. This will reduce the amount of carbon emissions released into the air by transportation. The second step is to create more environmentally friendly ways to manufacture the books. During the production stage, you could recycle the unused and waste material to make it more environmentally friendly. During the distribution stage, the final product, in this case books, are distributed to stores around the world. The distribution of this products is occurring everywhere in the world. Books are popular in many homes, so this is why books will be distributed to book stores around the globe. The distribution of books can have a negative impact on the environment. The transportation of the books around the world, can cause lots of pollution. This pollution comes mainly in the forms of carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. We can reduce our carbon footprint during this stage by finding more economical ways of transport. We could also reduce it by building factories and stores in our ares so that they would not have to transport the books so far. There is no recycling available during this stage. Distribution Extraction During the consumption stage, the product is purchased, in this case, the purchased product is a book. The consumption of this product could be occurring anywhere, since books are very common in almost every household. The consumption of books has no negative impacts on the environment. Although, if you'd like to get technical, people driving to the store to purchase the book would release carbon emissions into the air. Since the consumption of books has no real
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