The bar chart compares the resources required for producing 1000 disposable cups in two different types: polystyrene and paper. Besides, the table delineates the specific amount of materials used to make 1000 disposable cups from either polystyrene or paper.
In general, it is apparent that steam is the most integral factor in the process of making polystyrene cups; meanwhile, paper cups production requires a large amount of wood.
To specify, the volume of water in the process of manufacturing paper cups is significantly higher than that used in polystyrene ones, which is recorded 10m3 and 0,6m3 correspondingly. In addition, making 1000 disposable paper cups utilises the larger amount of electricity with about 78 kilowatts, which is 12 times higher than that of the remained type of cups. However, there is no marked difference in the usage of petroleum in manufacturing those two cups, with 18kg recorded for paper cups and 8kg for cups made of polystyrene.
While steam is extensively required in the production of polystyrene cups with 130kg, the paper ones just used a small quantity of about 0,56 kg. The recorded amount of other chemicals used in the process of manufacturing follows the same trend at 13kg for polystyrene and 8kg for paper cups. Noteworthily, whereas 1000 paper cups require 220kg of wood for the manufacturing process, nothing is demanded when it comes to cups made of polystyrene.