raw materials

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“We want to look at the full life cycle … not only thinking from the cradle to the grave, but from the point where the raw materials are extracted at the beginning,” Stanton says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Finding the raw materials is generally not hard, but separating them from other materials they’re bonded to is, and it’s that process that China largely dominates.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

But Asian suppliers can’t get crucial raw materials from the Middle East, so they’re slashing production, and U.S. resin producers can’t fill the gap—they’re already maxed out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Hewson said there has been a "perfect storm" of increased costs for raw materials, energy, labour costs and even changes to packaging regulation that has made these essentials more expensive.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

It is not a plausible source of raw materials: the freightage from Mars to Earth would be too expensive for many centuries to come.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan