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What is the purpose of a life cycle assessment (LCA)?
To assess the financial costs of products
To assess the time it takes to produce a product
To assess the environmental impact of products
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What the correct order for the stages of a life cycle assessment?
A - Using the product
B - Manufacturing and packaging the product
C - Disposing of the product
D - Extracting and processing the raw materials
D ➔ B ➔ A ➔ C
D ➔ A ➔ C ➔ B
B ➔ C ➔ A ➔ D
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Give two ways in which 'extracting and processing the raw materials' can damage the environment.
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Which of the following is not part of a life-cycle assessment (LCA)?
Advertising and marketing the product
Manufacturing the product and packaging
Disposing of the product at the end of its lifetime
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Which of the following is not a consideration when evaluating the manufacture of a product during a Life Cycle Assessment?
Energy used by the manufacturing process
The cost of the equipment needed for manufacturing
The pollutants released during the manufacturing process
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Which of the following methods of disposal has the lowest environmental impact?
Recycling
Incineration
Landfill
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Which of the following are limitations of life cycle assessments?
(Select all that apply)
We can't create tables large enough to hold all of the data
It is difficult to compare different harms e.g. lung disease vs global warming
Companies can manipulate their LCAs to look more favourable
It is difficult to gather all of the required data about each step
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