What is a Product Life Cycle?

1. What is a Product Life Cycle?

2. Product Life Cycle Reuse, Recycle, Disposal Design Use Distribution Materials Acquisition Materials Processing Manufacturing Packaging

3. 9 1 Communicate Results Define the Problem 2 8 Brainstorm Improve Design Design Process 3 7 Research Test and Evaluate 4 6 Develop Ideas Model or Prototype 5 Choose Best Idea Design • Engineers, designers, and manufacturers research, model, and test a product before mass producing. • Products that are designed to be reused instead of thrown away prevent waste. Designing a CD: Engineers use the design process

4. Materials Acquisition • All products are made from various raw materials. • Virgin materials require larger amounts of energy and deplete our natural resources. • Recycled or recovered materials reduce pollution, energy use, and the raw materials needed from the earth. Materials in a CD: Aluminum Polycarbonate Lacquer Gold Dyes Others, including water, glass, silver, nickel

5. Materials Processing Processing for a CD: Mined materials must be processed • Bauxite ore turned into aluminum • Crude oil combined with natural gas and chemicals to make plastic • Materials extracted from the earth must be converted into a form that is useful for making products. • For example, wood is made into paper after several different manufacturing processes.

6. Products are made in factories that use a lot of energy. Manufacturing creates waste and contributes to the production of greenhouse gases. Manufacturing a CD: Injection molding Metallizer – reflective layer of metal Lacquer – protective coating Screen printed Manufacturing

7. Product packaging undergoes separate manufacturing processes that use energy and consume natural resources. CD Packaging Jewel cases Cardboard boxes Shrink-wrapping Packaging

8. Manufactured products are transported to the location where they are sold. Materials and parts used to make products are transported at earlier stages in the life cycle. All transporting uses energy and creates greenhouse gases. CD Distribution: Sent to distribution center by Plane Truck Train All use fossil fuels for energy. Distribution

9. The way products are used impacts our environment. Reusable, durable, and recyclable products conserve natural resources, use less energy, and create less waste. Using a CD If properly stored and handled, CDs can last for decades. Take care of discs by keeping them out of sunlight and away from heat and water. Use

10. Reuse/Recycle or Disposal • Recycling or remanufacturing products into new commodities saves energy and reduces the raw materials used in the manufacturing process. • Throwing products in the trash ends their useful life. • Reuse a CD: • Share with a friend • Recycle a CD: • Recycling companies • make CDs into: • Automotive industry parts • Raw materials to make plastics • Office equipment • Jewel cases

11. Product Life Cycle Reuse, Recycle, Disposal Design Use Distribution Life Cycle of a CD Materials Acquisition Materials Processing Manufacturing Packaging

12. Paper Life Cycle Materials Acquisition Packaging, Distribution, Use Recycle Manufacturing Materials Processing http://www.pneb.com.au/recycling.html

13. Image Resources Microsoft, Inc. (2008). Clip art. Retrieved May 26, 2009, from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx Publishers National Environment Bureau. (2004) Newspaper and magazine recycling. Retrieved May 26, 2009, from http://www.pneb.com.au/recycling.html