Combined Science GCSE
Function and impact of packaging
What Function and impact of packaging means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Function and impact of packaging
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Reference: AQA
Packaging protects the product, keeps it clean, provides information and helps it sell, but it also uses materials such as paper, glass, plastic, steel and aluminium.
Topics that use Function and impact of packaging
- Life cycle assessment (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Comparing products over their lifetimes
- Disposal
- Environmental costs
- Extraction
- Finite and renewable resources
- Life cycle assessment
- Processing
- Recycling and material choice
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