Edexcel GCSE Design and Technology · 1DT0
Specification 2.2.6, 5.2.8 · Paper 1
Revise: Social FootprintChemicals in waste can dissolve into water and move out of the waste by leaching, threatening water supplies and nearby communities. Discarding metal rather than recovering it also loses material that could be used again.
- Revise: Ecological Footprint of Systems
The movement of soluble substances out of waste or other material into surrounding soil or water.