What are shoelaces made of?
Shoelaces take polyester, cotton yarn, cellulose acetate and acetone directly. Trace them back and you pass 25 made things on the way to 12 raw materials.
How shoelaces are made See it on the map
What goes straight in
From the ground: 12 raw materials
- Raw cotton through cotton yarn
- Water through cellulose acetate
- Air through acetone
- Timber through cellulose acetate, wood pulp
- Crude oil through acetone, propylene
- Natural gas through acetone, benzene, hydrogen
- Rock salt through cellulose acetate, wood pulp, caustic soda
- Limestone through cellulose acetate, wood pulp, quicklime
- Coal through acetone, benzene, toluene
- Corn 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: 21 things
Chemicals and fuels 17
Acetic anhydridePlasticizerBenzenePropylenePara-xyleneEthyleneEthylene glycolCaustic sodaQuicklimeOxygen gasHydrogen peroxideMethanolCarbon monoxideNaphthaHydrogenTolueneCarbon dioxide