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SECTION A info
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Reduce
Making long lasting, durable products that reduce the number of products consumers need to buy
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Rethink
Think about design carefully and if you could make the product in a different way to benefit the enviornment
Product sustainability
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Carbon footprint
The amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by making, using and reusing, recycling and disposing of something at the end of it's lifetime
the bigger a product's carbon footprint is, the larger its contribution to global warming
Social impact of design
Working conditions
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Particularly important for those in dangerous situations e.g manufacture - Safe working environment must be provided along with sufficient safety equipment and training
Health impacts
making products that release pollution can negatively affect oceans and the atmosphere with chemicals released that are toxic to both animals and humans
reducing pollution levels is important because of the potential danger to human health that it can have
Life cycle assesments
You can work out the potential environmental impact of a product by doing a life cycle assessment where you look at each stage of the life of the product
Process:
Choice of material
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e.g plastics coming from crude oil - oil rigs, fractional distillation, transport - perhaps oil spills
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Using the product
Using the product can damage the environment e.g electrical products use electricity provided from burning fossil fuels
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