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Question 21

A food distributor has empty plastic delivery crates. The crates can be washed and used again, or the plastic can be shredded and melted to make new crates.

Which statement about this is correct?

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A

Washing and using the crates again usually uses less energy because the crates are not broken down and remade

B

Washing and using the crates again is recycling because the crates return to the distributor

C

Shredding and melting the plastic is reuse because the plastic remains in delivery crates

D

Shredding and melting the plastic reduces resource use by making each crate contain less plastic

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10.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /10.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling

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.

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