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Date: 2024-10-14 Page is: DBtxt003.php L0900-PD-Life-Cycle-Impacts-01a
THE PRODUCT PERSPECTIVE
PRODUCTS IMPACT PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS AND NATURE
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PRODUCTS ARE NEEDED FOR A DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE
Food - Vegetables Food - Meat Housing Clothes Mobility Recreation
More consumption correlates to a better quality of life up to a certain level. Beyond that level more consumption may well have negative consequences, as for example too much food may result in obesity and diabetes or worse.
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THERE ARE MULTIPLE IMPACTS AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
NATURE SEA
STEEL
EATING
WASTE RECYCLING
NATURE ROAD
REFINING
CONSUMING
LANDFILL RECYCLING
EXTRACTION
RAIL
POLLUTION
DRIVING
FLOODS
NO WASTE
Products enable consumption that improves quality of life. The production of products is a critical economic activity and source of profit for companies. Production and products are only sustainable if they do not degrade the environment. Most modern industrial process are catastrophically unsustainable. Smarter processes are needed together with smarter products, smarter consumers and systems to enable a circular economic model.

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