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Product Generation and Waste

L arge amounts of goods are produced every day. Manufacturing a prod- uct requires a lot of resources and energy. Every time we throw away a product, we waste the energy and resources that went into the man- ufacturing of that product. Each process in product manufacturing con- sumes energy and material inputs, and generates a lot of waste.

RawMaterial Man has been destroying natural environments and cutting down trees to extract raw materials needed for the production of goods. This has automatically led to global warming. Mining for metals pro- duces toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide. The extraction of coal and oil also releases many toxic gases.

CLIMATE CHANGE: Problems and Progress

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