ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF ONE CAR
A car causes more pollution before it's ever driven than in its entire lifetime of being driven
EXTRACTING RAW MATERIALS
26.5 tonnes of waste from extracting the zinc, lead, iron, steel and platinum required to make cars
922 cubic metres of pollutants in the air from smelting iron and copper
TRANSPORTING RAW MATERIALS
12 litres of crude oil in the ocean from ships washing out oil tanks during transportation
425 million cubic metres of pollutants in the air such as carbon dioxide from using bunker oil as fuel
PRODUCING THE CAR
1.5 tonnes of waste from copper, nickel, rock and other leftover raw materials
74 million cubic metres of pollutants in the air from producing foam seats and body parts
DRIVING THE CAR OVER 10 YEARS
18.4 kg of ababsive waste from degraded roads, tyres and braking systems
1 billion cubic metres of pollutants in the air ranging from sulphur dioxide to carbon monoxide
DISPOSING OF THE CAR
102 million cubic metres of pollutants in the air from burning tyres
