Assignment:
Environmental Impact Research Matrix
Instructions
Analyzing the lifecycle of a product is one of the best ways to understand the impact of our consumption on the environment. In this assignment, you will research the series of steps that it takes to deliver a common product to the public and consider how consumers' choices and behavior can contribute to or diminish environmental sustainability.
Select one of the following products: car, new cell phone, plastic grocery bags, food of your choice, a new 3-bedroom home, an online purchase of your choice, or another product of your choice with faculty approval.
Research the life cycle of your selected product using the internet, textbook, University Library, or other resources.
Refer to your completed Environmental Impact Matrix and write a 350 to 700 word paper in which you explain your findings.
Address the following in your paper:
1. What impact does the product have on the environment? Consider the materials/processes that must be used to deliver the product to the consumer.
2. Describe how individual choices and/or behavior contribute to or diminish environmental sustainability.
3. How can you or your community reduce your impact on the environment as it relates to this product?
Use at least 1 outside reference.
Sources:
Xanthos, D., & Walker, T. R. (2017). International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): a review. Marine pollution bulletin, 118(1-2), 17-26.
Saidan, M. N., Ansour, L. M., &Saidan, H. (2017). MANAGEMENT OF PLASTIC BAGS WASTE: AN ASSESSMENT OF SCENARIOS IN JORDAN. Journal of chemical technology & metallurgy, 52(1).