Product Stainability
No product lasts forever
6 R's
Environment
When a product wears out it becomes waste
Make sure they are recyclable
Making new products releases emissions
not good for the environment
disposed off - causing pollution
better for the environment
Designed to be obsolete quickly
E.g. Disposable razor becomes blunt and unuseable
products such as technology
goes out of date
generally bad for environment
more materials and energy needed to create replacement products
Carbon Footprint
Sustainable products
better for the environment
not causing permanent damage and not using up finite resources
materials
do they come from non-finite resources or finite ones
manufacturing product
does the process use a lot of energy?
does it create a lot of waste or pollution?
amount of greenhouse gases released into atmosphere
when product is being transported- contributes to carbon footprint
Recycle
Rethink
Re-Use
Reduce
Repair
Refuse
Better to fix things than buy a replacement
Better for environment
Reusing the product for other purposes
Uses less energy then obtaining new materials
Think about design carefully- wind up toy instead of batteries
Making long-lasting products, cut down on transport and energy
Refuse to buy a product if you think it's wasteful