While doing so is harder, most Pima cotton producers pick the seeds of the G. barbadense plant by hand to retain the quality of this plant material. After G. barbadense seeds are picked, they are condensed into bales. These bales are then transitioned to the factory floor, and they are...
The production of wool begins with the shearing of wool-bearing animals. Some animals bear wool once per year, and others bear wool multiple times throughout the year. Next, the shorn wool is cleaned and sorted into bales. There are a variety of ways to remove the greasy lanolin in raw...
I understand life and death. I teach my students that it in the animal world it is survival of the fittest. Sometimes mothers sense there is something wrong with a baby and make the choice to reject one to focus attention on another baby to increase chances of either surviving. I’ve see...
Once the materials are sorted, they are compressed into bales that are shipped to processors, who will then use these materials to create new products. Plastics can be recycled into items such as clothing, lumber, park benches, and playground equipment. Metal and glass containers are often recy...