What are garden hoses made of?
Garden hoses take PVC, polyester and brass directly. Trace them back and you pass 30 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Water through PVC
- Natural gas through PVC, ethylene
- Rock salt through PVC, chlorine
- Iron ore through PVC, pigment
- Sulfur through PVC, pigment
- Air through PVC, plasticizer
- Copper ore through brass, copper
- Zinc ore through brass, zinc
- Lead ore through brass, lead
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Crude oil through brass, aluminum
- Coal through brass, aluminum
- Titanium ore through PVC, pigment, titanium dioxide
- Bauxite through brass, aluminum, alumina
- Corn through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Limestone through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 27 things
Metals 7
Chemicals and fuels 17
EthyleneChlorinePigmentPlasticizerNaphthaSulfuric acidTitanium dioxideCarbon blackPropylenePara-xyleneEthylene glycolOxygen gasPetroleum cokeHydrogenCarbon dioxideCaustic sodaQuicklime