Sustainability, Social & Environmental Issues

Question 1

What is planned obsolesce?

Answer 1

Where a product is made in order to become useless quickly and this is very unsustainable (disposable razor)

Question 2

What are products that use ‘Design for Disassembly’?

Answer 2

So parts can be easily disassembled from the product to be recycled or reused which is very sustainable

Question 3

What is a carbon footprint?

Answer 3

The amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by making or using a product

Question 4

What are the reasons for a high carbon footprint?

Answer 4

If it requires lots of energy to be manufactured or it it requires lots to be transported

Question 5

What are up-to-the-minute designs?

Answer 5

This is wear products become obsolete quickly becuase the go out of fashion

Question 6

What is design for maintenance?

Answer 6

Involves making a product durable and designing parts that can be maintained and repaired

Question 7

What are examples of ‘Design for Maintenance’

Answer 7

Household appliances (washing machine)
Modular electronics (mobile phones)

Question 8

What is continuous improvement?

Answer 8

Where manufacturers are constantly trying to improve their product

Question 9

What is an example of continuous improvement?

Answer 9

Changing the design of product to include new technology

Question 10

What are negatives of continuous improvement?

Answer 10

1. Causes older materials to be replaced and thrown away
2. New manufacturing causes more pollution

Question 11

What are positives of continuous improvement?

Answer 11

1. Makes the product more energy efficient
2. Means they can use more sustainable materials

Question 12

What are the stages of a life cycle assessment?

Answer 12

Choice of material
Manufacture
Using the product
Product Disposal

Question 13

What does the ‘choice of material’ include?

Answer 13

Analysing the different materials used in order to manufacture the product

Question 14

What does the ‘manufacture’ include?

Answer 14

Looking at how much energy is used in order to create the product

Question 15

What does the ‘using the product’ include?

Answer 15

Analysing how the product can damage the environment when used

Question 16

What does the ‘product disposal’ include?

Answer 16

Looking at how the product is diposed at the end of it’s life e.g landfill

Question 17

What are the 6R’s?

Answer 17

Repair
Re-use
Recycle
Rethink
Reduce
Refuse

Question 18

What does repair involve?

Answer 18

This includes fixing things instead of throwing them away

Question 19

What does re-use involve?

Answer 19

Customers can extend the product’s lfe by passing it on or using it again

Question 20

What does recycle involve?

Answer 20

Using product’s parts/materials and extracting them to be used on other products and it uses less energy than obtaining new materials

Question 21

What does rethink involve?

Answer 21

This involves thinking about a design carefully and addressing the design’s problems

Question 22

What does reduce involve?

Answer 22

Includes making long-lasting, durable products which reduces the number of products a customer needs to buy

Question 23

What does refuse involve?

Answer 23

This involves refusing to buy a product if you think it’s wasetful

Question 24

What is a social footprint?

Answer 24

How the design and manufacturing of products impacts people

Question 25

What are the factors included in social footprints?

Answer 25

Working conditions
Health impacts

Question 26

What does enterprise involve?

Answer 26

Identifying new buisiness opportunities taking advantage of them

Question 27

What is an innovation?

Answer 27

When an entreprenuer or buisiness comes up with something new

Question 28

What are the three main innovations?

Answer 28

Crowdfunding
Virtual marketing and retail
Co-operatives

Question 29

What does crowdfunding involve?

Answer 29

Involves using websites to promote an idea to a huge number of people who can choose to invest in the idea

Question 30

What are the poeple who invest in crowdfunding called and what do they usually recive?

Answer 30

Backers - They usually recieve discounts or vouchers towards the product being funded and sometimes they receive a share in the company

Question 31

What does virtual marketing and retail involve?

Answer 31

Marketing - Involves promoting and advertising products on the internet and through technology
Retail - Involves selling these products and services online to customers

Question 32

What does co-operatives involve?

Answer 32

A type of business that is owned and run by members

Question 33

What are the 7 things to consider when analysing a product?

Answer 33

Function
Form
Ergonomics
Competition and cost
Sustainability
Materials
Manufacture

Question 34

What is the function when analysing?

Answer 34

What the product is intended to do

Question 35

What is the form in analysing?

Answer 35

The shape and look of the product

Question 36

What is ergonomics in analysing?

Answer 36

How well the product is designed so that the size and proportions fit the user’s needs

Question 37

What is competition and cost in analysing?

Answer 37

Considering value for money and how that product will perform against other products like it

Question 38

What is sustainability in analysing?

Answer 38

How much does making or using the product harm the environment

Question 39

What is the materials in analysing?

Answer 39

What materials were chosen and why they were chosen

Question 40

What is the manufacture in analysing?

Answer 40

Involves considering all the processes used to make the product

Question 41

What is fairtrade?

Answer 41

Higher prices for produce of small-scale farmers and workers allowing them to feed their families and earn a better income