Life Cycle Assessment

What happens to waste materials that are NOT recycled?

• They are sent to landfill only

• They are incinerated or sent to landfill

• They are incinerated only

• They are stored at a refuse site

What do Life cycle assessments (LCA) assess?

• Environmental savings of the entire lifetime of a product

• Environmental intention of the entire lifetime of a product

• Environmental cost of the entire lifetime of a product

• Environmental impact of the entire lifetime of a product

Which word means a waste material is burned?

• Incinerated

• Decomposed

• Recycled

• Biodegraded

What is the benefit of using recycled materials to make products?

• There will be more raw materials needed to manufacture the product, improving the life cycle assessment

• There will be fewer pollutants needed to manufacture the product, improving the life cycle assessment

• There will be fewer raw materials needed to dispose of the product, improving the life cycle assessment

• There will be fewer raw materials needed to manufacture the product, improving the life cycle assessment

Why do Life cycle assessments consider the raw materials a product is made from?

• Extracting different raw materials requires different amounts of energy

• Using different products uses the same amount of energy

• Extracting raw materials requires the same amount of energy

• Using different products uses different amounts of energy

What is the second stage of a Life cycle assessment?

• Product disposal

• Manufacturing and packaging

• Using the product

• Getting the raw materials

Why are Life cycle assessments becoming increasingly popular with manufacturers?

• It allows them guess the environmental impacts of new products

• It allows them to measure the environmental impacts of new products

• It allows them to measure the environmental impacts of new reactants

• It allows them to measure the cost impacts of new products

What is the fourth (and final stage) of a Life cycle assessment?

• Manufacturing and packaging

• Getting the raw materials

• Product disposal

Why do Life cycle assessments consider the manufacturing and packaging?

• Making the product and packaging requires money and this will differ depending on the raw materials used and the product made

• Making the product and packaging requires energy and this will be the same regardless of the raw materials used and the product made

• Making the product and packaging requires energy and this will differ depending on the raw material used and the product made

What is the third stage of a Life cycle assessment?

• Manufacturing the product

• Getting the raw materials

• Using the product

• Product disposal