Sustainability Flashcards
What Is Blow Moulding?
A process that produces hollow parts by forcing the plastics against the mould walls through the use of air pressure.
What is a Vacuum forming?
Uses Mould and Vacuum pressure to obtain the desired part geometry.
What is Injection Moulding?
Injecting plastic materials molten by heat into a mould and then cooling and solidifying them.
What does FSC Stand For?
Forest Stewardship Council
What do The FSC do?
They Makes Sure products that are made for timber, paper, or other forest products which are sourced from well managed forests and/or recycled materials.
What is the ‘Mobius Loop’ and what does it mean?
A Internationally recognised Symbol of Recycling
How Many Different types of mobius loops are there?
7
What does EU Ecolabel Do?
Its a label awarded to products and services meeting high environmental standards throughout their life-cycle.
What is ISO Stand For?
International Standards Organisation
What does ISO Do?
Internationally recognised standards are agreed and put in Place.
What Does RoHS Stand For?
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
RoHS Restricts four different metals?
Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Chromium
What does the WEEE and Battery Directive Do?
Covers the end of life of Electric and electronic equipment. They Deal with restriction of hazardous substances and safe disposal.
What does the WEEE and Battery Directive Stand For?
Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
What does BSI Stand For?
British Standards Institute
What do the BSI Do?
BSI is a national organisation formed to devise agreed standard procedures for performing a wide range of tasks.
What does PP (5) Stand For?
Polypropylene
What Polymers items can be recycled by PP (5)?
Furniture, Consumers, Luggage, Toys and Bumpers
What other Plastics are in Other (7)?
Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Polyactilic, Fibres, Nylon, FibreGlass
What Polymers items can be recycled by “Others(7)”?
Baby feeding bottles, CD Production (Made from Polycarbonate)
What does PS (6) Stand For?
Polystyrene
What Polymers items can be Recycled by PS (6)
Toys, Hard Packaging, Refrigerator trays, Cosmetics Bags
What does a Stand For UCD?
User Centred Design
What does a UCD do?
UCD investigates the needs and wants of the user and aims to make products mores usable for consumers.
What does LDPE (4) Stand For?
Low Density Polyethylene
What Polymers items can be recycled by LDPE (4)?
Bottles, Shopping Bags
What does PVC (3) Stand For?
Polyyinyl Chloride
What Polymers items can be Recycled by PVC (3)
Trays for Sweets, fruit, plastic packing (Bubble foil) and Food Foils to wrap the foodstuff.
What does HDPE (2) Stand For?
High-Density Polyethylene
What Polymers items can be recycled by HDPE (2)
Milk Jugs, Cleaning agents, laundry detergents, bleaching agents, shampoo bottles, washing and shower soaps.
What does PETE (1) Stand For?
Polyethylene terephthalate
What Polymer items can be recycled in PETE (1)
Soft Drinks Bottles, Mineral Water, Fruit Juice, Containiers and Cooking oil
