DP Design Technology Questionbank
2.2 Waste mitigation strategies
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[N/A]Directly related questions
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20N.2.SL.TZ0.1c.ii:
Explain one waste mitigation strategy the designer could use to reduce the percentage of ABS sent to landfill at the end of the product’s life.
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19N.2.SL.TZ0.1b.i:
Outline how the Greenfeet Vertue shoe is an example of waste mitigation.
- 18N.1.SL.TZ0.10: Glass jars which originally contained food are often used to store small items such as crayons,...
- 18N.1.HL.TZ0.7: Used smartphones are sometimes made to look new by replacing the casing and screen as well as...
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17N.2.SL.TZ0.1b.ii:
Outline why manufacturers would use the strategy of dematerializing plastic products.
- 19N.1.SL.TZ0.6: If waste created from an obsolete product is used as a resource again and again in a closed loop...
- 20N.1.SL.TZ0.6: Which of the following best describes a circular economy? A. Maximizing the amount of material...
- 20N.1.SL.TZ0.8: Which of the following waste mitigation strategies involves the use of small amounts of...
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18M.1.SL.TZ0.7:
Which of the following has the hierarchy of waste in the right order (from most to least desirable)?
A. Landfill, incineration, resource recovery, recycling, reuse, source reduction
B. Source reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery, incineration, landfill
C. Landfill, resource recovery, recycling, reuse, source reduction, incineration
D. Source reduction, resource recovery, recycling, reuse, incineration, landfill
- 18M.1.SL.TZ0.8: Climate change mitigation is the actions designed to limit long-term climate change. It usually...
- 19M.1.SL.TZ0.10: Which of the following is true of dematerialization: I. It reduces raw materials at the...
- 19M.1.HL.TZ0.8: Dematerialization refers to the reduction of… I. Energy II. Material III. Design A. I and...
- 17N.1.SL.TZ0.4: McDonald’s fast food restaurants changed to card and paper packaging in 2008. They had previously...
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22M.2.SL.TZ0.1b.i:
Outline one reason why products that are made of more than one material can be difficult to recycle.
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22M.2.SL.TZ0.1c.i:
Outline why thermoplastics tend to be easier to recycle than thermosetting plastics.
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22M.2.SL.TZ0.1b.ii:
List two reasons why some countries recycle a larger percentage of plastics than others.
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22M.2.SL.TZ0.1c.ii:
Explain one negative environmental impact of incinerating plastic waste.
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22M.2.SL.TZ0.6d:
Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a tool that assesses the impact of a product on the environment.
Explain how the environmental impact can be minimized during production, distribution and disposal of the electric motorcycle.
