Packaging

Question 1

Legal requirements for packaging

Answer 1

There is a legal requirement on packaging for some products e.g
Smoking kills on Cigarettes
Age rating on toys

Question 2

What is a renewable source?

Answer 2

Resources that can grow again and never run out

Question 3

What is a non renewable source?

Answer 3

A resource that doesn’t regrow and is not replaced or renewed

Question 4

What is the Kyoto Protocol?

Answer 4

It’s an agreement signed by all industrialised countries to cut emissions by 5%

Question 5

When was the agreement written?

Answer 5

1998

Question 6

When did it start?

Answer 6

2005

Question 7

Who signed it?

Answer 7

37 developed countries and Europe

Question 8

Why was it written?

Answer 8

So that countries would take responsibility for change

Question 9

How is paper made?

Answer 9

The trees are brought to a factory
The bark is removed and they are cut into small chips
The chips are then mixed with water and ‘cooked’ into a paste
The paper is bleached and other chemicals are added to strengthen the finished paper
The paste is flattened and water is squeezed out
The flattened paste is dried out to form paper

Question 10

State the 6 R’s

Answer 10

Reduce
Refuse
Re-use
Repair
Recycle
Rethink