Question 1

What percentage of the waste volume in the US is from industrial waste?&#10;A) 95%&#10;B) 75%&#10;C) 50%&#10;D) 25%

Accepted Answer

Industrial waste constitutes approximately 95% of the total waste volume in the United States. This includes waste from manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and other industrial activities.

Question 2

What's the household waste per capita in the UK?&#10;A) 50kg/person&#10;B) 100kg/person&#10;C) 500kg/person&#10;D) 1000kg/person

Accepted Answer

The average household waste per capita in the UK is approximately 500kg/person. This figure takes into account various types of waste including general household waste, recycling, and composting.

Question 3

What does EPR stand for?&#10;A) Electronic product recovery&#10;B) Extended producer responsibility&#10;C) Environmental protection record&#10;D) Extended product recycling

Accepted Answer

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach under which producers are given a significant responsibility – financial and/or physical – for the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products. Assigning such responsibility could in principle provide incentives to prevent waste at the source, promote product design for the environment, and support the achievement of public recycling and materials management goals.

Question 4

Waste equals food is part of which concept?&#10;A) Product stewardship&#10;B) Extended producer responsibility&#10;C) Industrial ecology&#10;D) Waste hierarchy

Accepted Answer

The concept of "waste equals food" is part of Industrial Ecology, which promotes the idea that waste from one process can serve as the raw material for another, thus mimicking the cyclical processes found in nature.

Question 5

Which of these is not an example of Waste as a business model?&#10;A) Gumdrop&#10;B) Nube9&#10;C) TerraCycle&#10;D) WeFood

Accepted Answer

WeFood is not an example of Waste as a business model because it is a supermarket that sells expired or damaged goods that would otherwise be discarded, focusing on reducing food waste rather than creating products or services from waste.

Question 6

What does FSC stand for?&#10;A) Football Sports Club&#10;B) Forest Stewardship Council&#10;C) Forest Sustainability Council&#10;D) Field Studies Council

Accepted Answer

FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council, an international non-profit organization established to promote responsible management of the world’s forests.

Question 7

What does 3PL stand for?&#10;A) Triple Bottom Line&#10;B) Third Party Logic&#10;C) People, planet, profit&#10;D) Third Party Logistics

Accepted Answer

3PL stands for Third Party Logistics, which refers to outsourcing logistics and distribution activities to a third-party company.

Question 8

What are the main supply chain management processes?&#10;A) Take, make waste&#10;B) Design, make, distribute, use, return&#10;C) Plan, source, make, deliver and return&#10;D) Plan, organise, lead, control

Accepted Answer

The main supply chain management processes are Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Return, which encompass the end-to-end activities in managing the flow of goods from supplier to customer.

Question 9

What's the environmental impact of the supply chain for greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3), in some companies, according to the greenhouse gas protocol GGP?&#10;A) Over 80%&#10;B) Less than 20%&#10;C) 50%&#10;D) About a third (30-35%)

Accepted Answer

For some companies, the supply chain (Scope 3 emissions) can account for over 80% of their total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. This includes indirect emissions from activities such as procurement, transportation, and waste disposal.

Question 10

Why is reverse logistics important for making supply chain management more sustainable?&#10;A) It closes the loop from cradle-to-cradle&#10;B) It increases revenues&#10;C) It reduces costs for companies&#10;D) It reduces costs for consumers

Accepted Answer

Reverse logistics is important for sustainability as it involves the process of moving goods from their final destination for the purpose of capturing value or proper disposal, thus closing the loop from cradle-to-cradle and minimizing environmental impact.

Deck 4: Wastem and Supply Chain Management for Sustainability