A designer is asked to consider the six Rs when... | Design & Technology: Product Design 9252 | Paper 1 Mock 01 | Technical, designing and making principles

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A designer is asked to consider the six Rs when developing a new product. Explain two of these principles and how each would change the design. [2]

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The six Rs are strategies for reducing a product's environmental impact. Any two correctly explained principles gain credit:

Reduce: use less material or fewer components, so fewer resources are consumed. [1]
Reuse: design parts so that they can be used again in another product rather than being scrapped. [1]
Repair: make fixings accessible and spare parts available, so a fault does not end the product's life. [1]
Recycle: select an identifiable, recyclable material, for example a single polymer, so it can be reprocessed. [1]
Refuse: leave out unnecessary packaging or features that add no value. [1]
Rethink: meet the same user need in a different way, potentially using fewer resources. [1]

For full credit, state both the principle and the resulting design change, rather than just listing an R.

A designer is asked to consider the six Rs when developing a new product. Explain two of these principles and how each would change the design. [2]