4.1.1 Product Lifecycle (Newspaper) April 17th, 2012

Product Lifecycle Five Steps Definition: The total process of creating, using, and disposing of consumer products made from the earth's resources. 2

Plantation to paper and paper to paper: http://www.pneb.com.au/recycling.html The Publishers National Environment Bureau (PNEB) is the association of Australia's leading newspaper and magazine publishers, working since 1990 to promote the sustainable recovery of old newspapers and magazines. http://www.pneb.com.au/recycling.html 3

Raise and Extract Logging Industry: Deforestation of Pine Trees Transportation to Lumber Mill New trees are planted Video: Logging Use examples: Coal, wood, etc.

Video: Manufacturing Lumber Material Processing Rinsed of Impurities Debarking drum for logs Chipper for unusable wood Thermo-mechanical Refiner Pulping Operation Video: Manufacturing Lumber Raw materials ready for use to make products vary on the material being used.

Video: Newspaper Production Manufacture Paper Making Machine Wood fibers seperated Papermaking stock (99% water) sprayed on screen Pulp fibers form a mesh as water drains Fiber mat is squeezed with rollers (60% water) Steam heated rollers dry fiber mat as fibers come closer together Print Production Typesetting Image Transference Plate-making Printing Video: Paper Pulp Video: Newspaper Production All products have different manufacturing processes

Use Home Delivery News Stands Read once or twice Reused Scrap Wrapping Packaging Rag Arts and craft Mention to students examples of products that have a long useable rates and some with short useable rates. Appliances have long useable rates as opposed to a disposable razor etc.

Dispose Can be recycled if Transported to Landfill Biodegradable Clean condition Hasn’t been recycled before Not too gray Transported to Landfill Biodegradable 2 to 5 month Mention to students the importance on products being made of a material to help save environment

Recycle Collection Sorting Transportation Storage Re-pulping Cleaning Deinking Refining, Bleaching, Color-Stripping Papermaking http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/earth_answers/earthanswers_recycle.pdf

Video: Plantation to Print Overview Video: Plantation to Print

References Welcome to Paper University!. (n.d.). Paper University. Retrieved May 21, 2012, from http://www.tappi.org/paperu/ Newspaper Printing Press,Newspaper Printing Presses,Newspaper Printing,Offset Presses,Newspaper Presses,Newspaper Printer,Printing Press Of Newspaper,Web Fed Newspaper Press,Web Rotary Printing Press,Editorial Process Of Newspaper Printing Press,Newspaper. (n.d.). Newspaper Printing Press,Newspaper Printing Presses,Newspaper Printing,Offset Presses,Newspaper Presses,Newspaper Printer,Printing Press Of Newspaper,Web Fed Newspaper Press,Web Rotary Printing Press,Editorial Process Of Newspaper Printing Press,Newspaper. Retrieved May 21, 2012, from http://www.newspaper-printing-presses.com/manufacturing-process.html 11