Metals: Environment & Ethics
Design & Technology: AQA GCSE, topic 4.1.5
Environment & Ethics
Metals are extracted through mining processes. Mining processes have a substantial impact on the environment.
Mining processes
- Metals are extracted through two main mining methods: surface and underground.
- Mining processes can be harmful and destructive to the environment.
- This is why it is important to recycle metals.
Finite resources
- Metals are finite resources.
- Modern-day manufacturing processes cannot last.
- Consumers do not properly discard and recycle metals.
- This can make metals dangerous and more harmful to the environment.
Energy
- Huge amounts of energy are required to mine and extract metals.
- The production of metal has a substantial impact on the environment.
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