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EXTRACTION

- Types of resources used vary from non-renewable to renewable. Sometmes

bot! are used !and n !and.o Renewable" wood# cor$# and ot!er products related to wood

o Non-renewable" lmestone# ol# fossl fuels.

%RO&'CTION

- %roducton process nvolves envronmental to(n emssonso C!loro-or)anc compounds *CI-+OCs,

- Emts varous compounds produced by transportaton and t!e materal

producton tself nto t!e ar.o CO# CO# SO# TO

o All of w!c! are !aardous

- +OC emssono /ormalde!yde from resns

o

/urans produced by burnn) fuelo C!loro0uoro carbons *C/C, from solvents

- 1aste Accumulatono As!

o 2aardous wastes

 TRANS%ORTATION

- 3ost raw materals under)o lon) dstance transportatono 3an materals *Ol# wood# cor$# lmestone# ttanum do(de,

o Components

- 'ses !u)e amount of non-renewable ener)y

o %artcularly Ol and %!enolo Consumes 456 of total ener)y related consumpton durn) t!e

7noleum producton process- 1orldwde dstrbuton s by truc$ and contaner s!p.

o On avera)e# every s8uare meter of 3armoleum s transported as

follows"  Transport dstance 9:t truc$ 4;9 $m

 Transport dstance <.5t truc$ */ne dstrbuton, 5< $m

Capacty utlaton truc$s *ncludn) empty runs, =56

 Transport dstance Ocean s!p 9;>4 $m

Capacty utlaton Ocean s!p 9=6

INSTA77ATION AN& 'SE AN& 3AINTENANCE

- 'se of tle ad!esves?)lueso +OCs are possbly present dependn) on ad!esve.

/ormalde!yde

@sp!enola

o 'se low to no +OC as muc! as possble

- 46 of materal s cut of durn) nstallaton as materal waste.

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o Collected and recycle nto new 0oorn) materal

EN& 'SE - /or t!e end of lfe sta)e no landlln) s ta$en nto account# snce t!e

vast maBorty of t!e countres n w!c! 3armoleum s sold !ave a no landll polcy.

3armoleum !as been demonstrated to be compostable wt! no adverse

envronmental or !ealt! mpacts.