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The self-assessment module

Exercise 1: Alternative resources

In this exercise we look at resource inputs and outputs in a furniture manufacturer.

We list inputs to the production process and ask you to think about where alternatives might be available from.

We then list outputs from the production process and ask you to think about where these might be able to be used, instead of being disposed of as waste

Please enter alternative inputs for a furniture manufacturer

  • Virgin woods

    Virgin woods

    Waste wood
  • Woodworking equipment

    Woodworking equipment

    Previously used equipment
  • Rags for cleaning

    Rags for cleaning

    Used clothes, cut into cloths

Please enter alternative uses for output resources from a furniture manufacturer

  • Wood shavings

    Wood shavings

    Bedding, Fuel
  • Off spec wood parts

    Off spec wood parts

    Fuel
  • Used rags with solvents

    Used rags with solvents

    Fuel
  • Used paint and cans

    Used paint and cans

    Energy, Metal
  • Pallets/crates

    Pallets/crates

    Pallet recycler, Fuel