GVSU Consulting

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GVSU Consulting Engineers
Presents...
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VS.
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Round 1
Manufacturing
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What's Better?
Effects on environment
Amount of materials used
Energy cost
Waste
Cost to consumer
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Round 2
Post Consumer
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Landfill
Recycling
Burning

• Packaging
• Insulation
• toys
• patio furniture
• drainage tiles
• etc

• Inert

• Produces more than
• twice as much
• energy

• Not usually
• recycled

• Gives off methane,
• carbon dioxide
• leachates

• Leaves 6x more
• ash

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Polystyrene Cups...

• Use less energy
• Cost less
• Produce less waste
• Use fewer natural resources
• Are less harmful to the environment
• than Paper Cups

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