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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
The total distance travelled by a product and its materials, from raw material source through manufacture, distribution and the user to final disposal.
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Paper 1
Revise: Ecological issues in designProduct mileage is the distance travelled by a product and its materials from their original source to final disposal. It includes several journeys, not just delivery from a shop to a customer.
Trace product mileage through the whole journey, including raw material transport and the journey to final disposal, not just delivery to the customer.
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