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What are egg cartons made of?

Egg cartons take paper and water directly. Trace them back and you pass 7 made things on the way to 7 raw materials.

How egg cartons are made See it on the map

What goes straight in

From the ground: 7 raw materials

Water goes straight in
Kaolin through paper
Limestone through paper
Timber through paper, wood pulp
Rock salt through paper, wood pulp, caustic soda
Air through paper, wood pulp, hydrogen peroxide
Natural gas through paper, wood pulp, hydrogen peroxide, hydrogen

Made along the way: 6 things

Chemicals and fuels 5

Caustic soda Quicklime Oxygen gas Hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen

Wood and paper 1