Knowledge quiz

It's time to put what you've learned to the test, get 8 right to pass this week.

What are some of the benefits of keeping items maintained and in use for as long as possible?

There are three correct answers.

It saves money.

It guarantees fair wages in the supply chain.

It reduces the amount of waste sent to landfill sites.

It reduces the need to extract virgin resources and raw materials.

It reduces greenhouse gas emissions from company cars.

What are two of the main challenges the world is currently facing?

There are two correct answers.

The world’s resources are being exhausted due to infinite demand for finite resources.

Global waste is expected to grow over 70 percent in the next 30 years.

Production resources will soon be insufficient to supply the growing world population.

The water supply is at risk from the salinization of glaciers, mountain lakes, and rivers.

When we think about reuse, what is the purpose of reconfiguring business models to enable the collection of products after they have been used?

Choose the correct answer.

To enable companies to collect products after they have been used so they can refurbish, sell, or lease them.

To keep the costs for disposal infrastructure in the supply chain low.

To ensure all companies in the value chain work individually on their own reuse principles.

To ensure resources are consumed and reused as fast as possible in the circular economy.

According to Professor Hopkinson, what are examples of system enablers for the circular economy?

There are three correct answers.

Public acceptance

Regulations

Collaboration

Sufficient manpower

Interest-free loans

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, how much of the environmental impact is determined in the design stage of a product?

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80%

50%

100%

70%

What are strategies for designing out waste?

There are two correct answers.

Dematerialize products, for example, use digital photos instead of printed ones.

Allow for assembly and disassembly as a prerequisite for sorting materials.

Encapsulate products so users cannot change them.

Provide consumers with the latest and greatest.

Connect materials using glue instead of screws, for example.

What pattern does the linear economy follow?

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Take – make – use – dispose

Take – make – use – reuse

Take – make – use – compost

Take – make – use – recycle

What are the three principles of the circular economy?

There are three correct answers.

Eliminate waste and pollution by design.

Keep products and materials in the economy for as long as possible.

Regenerate natural systems by design.

Ensure all material can be properly disposed.

Design products for short reuse cycles.

What percentage is currently recycled and wasted?

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9% is recycled, 91% is wasted

19% is recycled, 81% is wasted

91% is recycled, 9% is wasted

81% is recycled, 19% is wasted

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What are opportunities for businesses when moving to a circular economy?

There are two correct answers.

Reduce waste and therefore the loss of value.

Provide room for innovation and market leadership.

Enable efficient work and savings in employees.

Accelerate product development.