What are jeans made of?
Jeans take denim, sewing thread, zipper, copper, button and water directly. Trace them back and you pass 33 made things on the way to 18 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 18 raw materials
- Water goes straight in
- Indigo through denim
- Copper ore through copper
- Air through copper
- Raw cotton through denim, cotton yarn
- Crude oil through zipper, aluminum
- Coal through zipper, aluminum
- Sulfur through copper, sulfuric acid
- Natural gas through zipper, nylon, ammonia
- Zinc ore through zipper, brass, zinc
- Lead ore through zipper, brass, lead
- Tin ore through zipper, brass, tin
- Bauxite through zipper, aluminum, alumina
- Rock salt through zipper, aluminum, alumina, caustic soda
- Limestone through zipper, aluminum, alumina, quicklime
- Corn through button, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through button, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through button, polyester, PET plastic, ethylene glycol, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 28 things
Metals 7
Chemicals and fuels 15
Oxygen gasSulfuric acidBenzeneNitric acidAmmoniaPetroleum cokePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolNaphthaHydrogenTolueneCaustic sodaQuicklimeCarbon dioxide