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Each iPhone contains 31 grams of aluminum.
You'd be surprised by how much raw material goes into the everyday items you use.
For example, take your coffee habit. The average cup of coffee requires about 100 beans. So if you drink one cup per day, you'd need at least nine coffee trees producing full-time to give you a year's worth of joe. (That's not to mention the vast amounts of water, fertilizer, and manual labor needed to keep a coffee plantation running.)
In our modern lives, it's often easy to forget our impact on the natural world, since most of us are far removed from the places and processes in which most foods and products are made.
For that reason, we've compiled a list of how much raw material goes into nine common food items and products below.