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GCSE Chemistry · key term
A change to the environment caused by an activity or product, such as resource depletion, pollution or waste production.
Used by OCR
Specification C6.1k, C6.1l · Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher)
A change to the environment caused by an activity, such as using up resources, releasing pollution or producing waste.
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
A change to the environment caused by a product, process or activity, such as resource depletion, pollution or waste production.
Revise: Interpreting LCA dataA life-cycle assessment, or LCA, considers environmental impacts across a product’s life: obtaining raw materials, manufacture, use, transport and disposal. When interpreting LCA data, the aim is not merely to find the smallest number. You must work out what each number represents, make fair comparisons and use the evidence to reach a qualified conclusion.
Include transport and state both the resources used and the environmental impacts at each stage.
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