A life cycle assessment is carried out on a plastic water bottle. What does the assessment measure?
The profit that the company makes on each bottle sold
The time taken for the bottle to break down in landfill
The effect of the bottle on the environment at each stage
The mass of poly(ethene) needed to make one bottle
99 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Chemistry 10.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling, covering 10.2.1 Life cycle assessment and 10.2.2 Ways of reducing the use of resources. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.