The Product Life Cycle Assessment
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- Created on: 02-06-13 12:37
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- The Product Life Cycle Assessment
- Manufacture
- Uses a lot of energy and other resources
- Creates a lot of pollution
- We also need to consider how the waste produced is disposed of.
- Using the product
- Using the product can damage the environment.
- If electricity is needed for it to work fossil fuels are burnt. Paint gives off toxic fumes.
- Choice of material
- Hardwoods come from rainforests. Felling the trees disrupts the environment and the people. They also take a long to time to grow when replanted.
- Softwoods are more sustainable - they are often from managed plantations and they grow quicker than hardwoods
- Extracting and mining metal uses a lot of energy and damages the environment.
- Plastics are made from crude oil - a finite source. They require a lot of energy to make.
- Recycled wood is better for the environment.
- Product disposal
- Most things are dumped into landfill when they have been used.
- This takes up space and pollutes the land
- Manufacture
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