GCSE Revision (Section A) - Environmental

Q What is Social Impact in design and manufacture? Please turn to pages of the AQA product design workbook.

W e A re L earning T o – You will have an understanding about Social Impact and understand what pressing factors are affecting modern designers and manufacturers. Today you will: - Learn about Social Impact.

Product Design Product Evolution You have an excellent understanding of Social Impact. You are able to explain with examples what factors affect designers and manufactures. You have a very good understanding of Social Impact. You are able to explain with examples what factors affect designers and manufactures.. You have a good understanding of Social Impact. You are able to explain with examples what factors affect designers and manufactures. Level A B C

Task An individuals carbon footprint is a measurement of a persons negative impact on the environment. Everyone has a carbon footprint, it does not only apply to industry and business. It relates closely to the amount of pollution a person creates through the use of energy (for example electricity) and resources such as fossil fuels. Environmental pollution can be created every time we get into a car, bus, train or plane by the burning of fuel. Every time we use something that has been manufactured we also add to our carbon footprint. GCSE Revision Carbon Footprint

Task When designing and manufacturing a product it is important to consider its life cycle. Life cycle covers the time from its manufacture to its recycling or disposal. GCSE Revision Product Lifecycle

Task It is commonsense to recycle as much reusable material as possible. Products made from recycled materials are usually cheaper than those made from newly processed materials. Recycling products is good for the environment and means that we are using less of the worlds resources. Recycling materials such as steel, copper, brass and other metals reduces pollution caused by the processing of new metals and it saves energy. GCSE Revision Recycling

90% Recyclable Type of plastic to recycle GCSE Revision Recycle Symbols

GCSE Revision Landfill What is a landfill? A landfill site (also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump or dumping ground) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world. Some landfills are also used for waste management purposes, such as the temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste material (sorting, treatment, or recycling).

Product Miles GCSE Revision Product miles are the total distance produce/product is transported from its place of growth or production to the place of consumption/use. The concept of product miles is widely used in food production where there is a push by consumers for locally produced products. What is Product miles?

GCSE Revision Standard/Stock Forms Materials, ranging from woods and steels to plastics, are supplied in standard sizes. Designers / architects generally start with standard widths, lengths and depths etc... and develop their plans from the materials that are available. As materials are supplied in standard sizes, ordering is easier, as sizes are published in catalogues or on company internet websites. They can be transported and handled more easily than raw materials. Standard forms and sizes are cheaper than special sizes, because they are processed in large quantities. Designers use readily available standard stock sizes when designing products. Standard forms and sizes are the same in most countries - an international standard. What are stock forms?

Task A sustainable forest is a forest that is carefully managed so that as trees are felled they are replaced with seedlings that eventually grow into mature trees. This is a carefully and skilfully managed system. The forest is a working environment, producing wood products such as wood pulp for the paper / card industry and wood based materials for furniture manufacture and the construction industry. Great care is taken to ensure the safety of wildlife and to preserve the natural environment. Sustainable forests are the result of a common sense policy to replace trees that are felled so that forests continue to exist providing natural materials for us all. GCSE Revision Sustainable/Fairtrade What is Sustainable? Adjective: sustainable. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. "sustainable economic growth"

Task GCSE Revision Fairtrade What is Fairtrade? A symbol that is occasionally seen on packaging is the Fair Trade symbol. This means that the contents of the package has been produced in the Third World and that the producer (ie. the farmer) has received a fair and realistic price. It also means that the produce is not from countries whose Governments help their industry / agriculture undercut those of much poorer countries by giving them subsidises.