2.8 Responsible Design

Question 1

What’s sustainable development?

Answer 1

Introduced by brundtland commission
- development that meets the needs of today without hindering the needs of future generations

Question 2

What are the three strands of sustainable development?

Answer 2

Economic
Social
Environment

Question 3

What are the 6 R’s?

Answer 3

Recycle
Reduce
Reuse
Refuse
Rethink
Repair

Question 4

What does recycling achieve?

Answer 4

Maintaining resources
Reducing landfill

Question 5

What issues prevent recycling?

Answer 5

Separation difficulty- materials not in pure state

Question 6

What are the recycling numbers for Polymers?

Answer 6

1-7
7th is others, unrecyable

Question 7

What does reducing achieve?

Answer 7

Using less
- finite resources
- producing waste

Question 8

What’s an example of encouragement to Reduce?

Answer 8

Carrier bag charge
Caused a 71% drop in use

Question 9

What’s meant by refusing?

Answer 9

Not using/ doing things harmful to the environment

Question 10

What’s an example of refusing?

Answer 10

Buying a bottle instead of using single plastics
Electrics cars rather than diesel

Question 11

What’s the issue preventing repair?

Answer 11

Companies make products so they can’t be dismantled
- using complex screws

Question 12

Why do companies prevent repair?

Answer 12

Want you to rebuild
Costs more to be easily dismantled

Question 13

Example company which encourage repair?

Answer 13

Fair phones
- easily repairable and changeable
- can buy new parts eg. New camera for £25, you can replace yourself

Question 14

Why are more companies making products repairable?

Answer 14

There’s pressure in creating a right to repair law

Question 15

What’s meant by rethink?

Answer 15

Finding alternatives

Question 16

What are some examples of rethinking?

Answer 16

• bicycle scheme rather than your car (Boris bikes, lime)
• putting off upgrading your phone

Question 17

Examples of reusing?

Answer 17

Buying off or selling off vinted
Buying a bottle, refilling

Question 18

What’s primary carbon footprint?

Answer 18

Direct emissions
Making and production
- burning
- transport
- manufacture

Question 19

What’s secondary carbon footprint?

Answer 19

Indirect CO2 emissions
During and after use
- product use
- disposal

Question 20

What are the two carbon footprint third party ratings?

Answer 20

Carbon Trust
Ecovadis

Question 21

What’s the difference between carbon Trust and ecovadis?

Answer 21

Carbon trust- products
Ecovadis- companies
(va for vast, broader)

Question 22

What does carbon trust do?

Answer 22

Assess products from their carbon footprint
Promote if sustainable

Question 23

What does Ecovadis do?

Answer 23

Assess companies sustainability, by visiting factories (like ofsted)
Provide ratings

Question 24

What’s an carbon footprint case study?

Answer 24

A phone

Question 25

Describe what stage of a phone produce carbon footprint?

Answer 25

- materials - manufacture - delivery - usage - disposal

Question 26

Describe materials in terms of a phone:

Answer 26

Metal, created from mined ores Glass

Question 27

Describe manufacture in terms of a phone:

Answer 27

Packaging

Question 28

Describe delivery in terms of a phone:

Answer 28

Trucks, travel Petrol, oil

Question 29

Describe usage in terms of a phone:

Answer 29

Charging

Question 30

Describe disposal in terms of a phone:

Answer 30

- dissasembly - sorting

Question 31

what is a circular economy?

Answer 31

sustainable practice - reuse of biological and technical nutrients, rather then throwing it away companies: - take > make > reuse > repeat

Question 32

example of closed loop:

Answer 32

Dyson offer to take back old items when you buy a new one

Question 33

what’s meant by product miles?

Answer 33

the total distance of a product raw materials > disposal / recycle

Question 34

circular economy definition:

Answer 34

where materials never become waste, reducing new material dependency

Question 35

what are the two components of a circular economy?

Answer 35

biological nutrients technical nutrients

Question 36

what’s meant by biological nutrients?

Answer 36

living organic, non toxic materials re-enter ecosystem without causing environmental harm

Question 37

what’s meant by technical nutrients?

Answer 37

man made materials designed to be used at the same high initial quality with minimal environment effects

Question 38

what’s an example of a technical nutrient?

Answer 38

polymers and alloys

Question 39

what are the 3 circular design principles?

Answer 39

1. preserve 2. optimise resource yields 3. system effectiveness

Question 40

what’s a composite?

Answer 40

materials made up of multiple elements, mix cant be recycled

Question 41

what is biomass?

Answer 41

burning of organic matter that’s produces steam, which then turns generators creating energy

Question 42

advantages of biomass:

Answer 42

cheap available source long term and sustainable

Question 43

disadvantages of biomass:

Answer 43

carbon neutral - releases the CO2 which was trapped

Question 44

what is geothermal energy?

Answer 44

fracking, to release steam - water drilled at high pressure into the earths core - pushing out steam

Question 45

where is geothermal energy often used?

Answer 45

in volcanic region, easy access to tectonic plates

Question 46

advantages of geothermal energy:

Answer 46

provides hot water and heat to nearby homes

Question 47

disadvantages of geothermal energy?

Answer 47

extremely expensive to set up risk of setting earthquakes

Question 48

what’s the common advantage of renewable energy’s?

Answer 48

infinite supply

Question 49

common disadvantages of renewable energy’s?

Answer 49

expensive eye sore large land / destroys it