This paper will follow the life cycle of a Michellin tire. It will start with the raw material that is used, manufacturing, transfer to distribution channels, use and recycling of tire when it is no longer able to be used on an automobile. It is my assumption that people should be aware of where their products come from for a couple of reasons. One if consumers are aware where their products come from and how they are made they may be more apt to be more environmentally conscientious. Two manufactures would also feel more apt to make more green products out of fear of backlash from environmentally friendly consumers. Many do not understand that tires greatly impact the environment their carbon footprint is 92% which is much greater than the carbon footprint of a truck tire’s (Michelin Tires, n.d). The energy used to keep cars moving forward, or rolling resistance; this can equal up to one tank of fuel for every five tanks that cars use and one tank for every three tanks for trucks (Michelin Tires, n.d).
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Almost every tire begins with natural rubber; rubber is obtained from the Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) trees grown in the ASEAN region of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia (Shuhaimi, Othman, Ismail, & Sasidharan, 2013). Mostly all rubber comes from these areas because the tropic Rainforest climate is conducive for growing rubber trees. The rubber is gathered from the trees by tapping them, a metal half straw is placed in the tree and a white milky substance is extracted. This is normally done by the indigouseness people, normally women who are poor and uneducated. The pay they are given is extremely low (Bettencourt, n.d).
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My tires was used for playground covering in a park in downtown Atlanta. The rubber from the tires make a great ground covering and is very cost effective to use. Many states are trying to develop environmental friendly ways to use worn tires because they are quickly filling up the landfills. The Rubber Manufacturers Association documents the progress of the uses of discarded tires they found that many states still have not come up with an effective way to deal with the situation (Colbert, 2009). With the population continually growing there are more people purchasing cars and driving; the government and the tire manufactories are steadily working to come up with a solution on what to do with scrap tires. Even though, my tires were put to go use this is not the case of most scrap tires; they stay in the landfills breeding pest and taking up landfill space.
Most issues on a farm return to the issue of keeping up appearances. (Smiley p.199)
Health challenges are among one of the greatest threats facing farmworkers in the United States. Employers have no urge to help workers in the fields, even though there are plenty of resources available to assist them. According to Chavez, “Today, thousands of farmworkers live under savage conditions—beneath trees and amid garbage and human excrement—near tomato fields in San Diego County,
even to work on a farm, you need to have quite a lot of skill. The
I can tell you right now these aren't going to hold a patch. They're shot through." (page 40). Mattie was exceptionally nice to Taylor and told her to come inside and have some coffee. After drinking a cup of coffee and giving Turtle some juice, Mattie came up with the idea that Taylor could work for her. Taylor, being the one who doesn't like tires in the first place, accepted the generous offer, but went almost nuts with the huge tire wall that surrounded her.
Bias ply tires are composed of multiple layers starting with nylon plies at 45 degree angles to the bead in order to form the carcass. Each of the nylon plies is covered with a rubber cushion along the wire bead in order to protect them from tearing while under tension. Enveloping the carcass of the tire is the tread and the sidewall both of which are made of rubber. The threads and sidewall of the tire are made by injecting rubber into a mold. Rubber is used because it is a very versatile material that can withstand the large amounts of friction involved in landing a
Andrew Simms, a policy director and head of the Climate Change Program for the New Economics Foundation in England, presents his argument about the impact SUV’s have on our roadways, and the air we breathe. “Would You Buy a Car That Looked like This? “. The title alone gives great insight on what the article is going to be about, (vehicles). “They clog the streets and litter the pages of weekend colour *supplements. Sport utility vehicles or SUV’s have become badges of middle class aspiration” (Simms 542). Simms opening statement not only gives his opinion on how SUV’s are the new trend, but he also paints a picture of what we see every day driving down our roadways. Simms also compares the tobacco industry’s gap between image and reality to that of SUV’s; stating that the cause and consequences of climate change resemble smoking and cancer. Simms comparison between SUV’s and cigarettes shows how dangerous he believes SUV’s are.
Reduce, recycle and recycle could be a construct that individuals area unit beginning to perceive and to use to each life round the world (GOV.UK, 2013). This knowledge base essay can explore info concerning use by totally different resources that are provided to use such as the web, books, journals and alternative resources that needs to offer American state info on use. This essay can discover use as business, environmental and policy perspective. Use is that the methodology by that we tend to recover valuable resources to be re-used once more and once more. However just one a part of healing the atmosphere, it's a sensible action that people altogether businesses participate in daily routines on recycling (Reclaim, 2013). While recycling is only one part to healing the environment it is a practical action that individuals in all businesses and people take part in every day.
To implement a recycling program requires a collection process that includes the containers to gather the materials, the trucks to transport them to the processing site, and the manpower to manage the program. Unfortunately, recycling is more of a business than an attempt to save the environment. The value of the material being recycled overshadows the negative impact of dumping items into the landfill. At a point in time, the demand for recycled paper declined, so recyclers stored the material in hopes that values would increase. “The hope is that eventually the markets turn around and that the materials is sold, but I have heard of instances where it gets landfilled, because a community doesn’t have the demand or the space or the company to deal with it, “ says Gene Jones, the executive director of Southern Waste Information Exchange (Westervelt,
The majority of people, especially in America, cannot go about their daily lives without a car. Automobiles have instilled themselves in peoples’ lives and shown their usefulness since their debut in 1769. Since then, humans have redesigned and refined the automobile thousands of times, each time making the vehicle more efficient and economical than before. Now as the world approaches an ethical decision to dwarf all others, many people look toward automotives for yet another change. The emergence of the hypercar due to ecological turmoil exemplifies the change the world has demanded. Hypercars alter everything people know about automotives, modern ecology, and fuel efficiency. Not only do hypercars offer a solution to many ecological problems humans are faced with now, they also represent the only logical area for the automotive industry, and by some stretch American society, to expand.
Recycling what am I talking about the definition of recycling is to convert waste to reusable material so how can you contribute to this? Let’s start with the simple stuff aluminum cans there are so many places to take aluminum cans and many places pay for these cans. Around Poplar Bluff there are two places
People need to think about the objects that they throw away, those items can affect the animals around the world. For example, when people throw away the plastic rings that go around pop cans, can kill animals by being stuck around their little necks. So, before people throw those plastic rings out, they need to make sure that they cut a slit into each ring so in case an animal does get stuck in one of them, then they can get out safely. Recycling does not just have to be about plastic, but when the plastic is recycled, Americans can use it for many different things. For example, the plastic can make park benches, plastic crates, and wire tubing. Many people do not understand where all of the recycled objects go, but the objects do not go anywhere they are just recycled to make other things, recycled objects also help reduce the price of the objects that they make. The best part about recycling is the fact that people can recycle almost anything and turn it into something completely different. For example, Keen’s Harvest makes bags, wallets, and totes from recycled airbags that come from automobiles. Another example is Looptworks uses cotton jersey, nylon, vinyl, and recycled polyester to make their upcycled leather iPad cases. Skateback is another company that uses recycled material to make iPhone backs; they use the discarded post-industrial skateboard materials. Vinylux
and to cut down on pollution. Since the number of landfills continues to diminish, keeping
An important part of recycling is conservation. Conservation helps keep unneeded waste out of landfills in the United States (Conserve Energy Future 2). As Americans, an average person throws away 4.8 pounds of waste daily. This adds up to over 1750 pounds in a year alone, for one person. In 2006, Americans generated 251 tons of waste (Riedel 11). Of this waste over 50 percent could be recycled into new materials to be used again. In doing this, recycling will tremendously
As you can see, farming is not a job one can do alone. Great help is needed to make the maximum yield possible. The money to pay for these helpers comes from the farmer’s own personal checkbook. The hired hands have a promised amount of money per hour in which they will receive, whereas the farmers do not.