AQA GCSE Design and Technology · 8552
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The environmental impact associated with a material or product across its life, including resource use, pollution and waste.
Revise: SustainabilityA product’s ecological footprint includes its environmental effects across its life, not just the waste left at the end. Life-cycle analysis helps a designer follow these effects from raw material extraction through manufacture, transport and use to disposal, reuse or recycling.
- Revise: Critical evaluation of emerging technologies
- Revise: Ecological issues in design
The environmental impact associated with a product or activity, including resource use, habitat damage, pollution and carbon emissions.