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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
Using a product or material again, for the same purpose or a different purpose, without processing it into a new material.
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Paper 1
Revise: The six Rs of sustainabilityThe six Rs — reduce, refuse, re-use, repair, recycle and rethink — help designers consider how to achieve this. They apply not just when a product is thrown away, but also when choosing materials, planning manufacture and designing for use.
Distinguish re-use from recycling: re-use keeps the product or material largely as it is; recycling processes the material into material for new products.
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