This diagram covers Sustainability Strategies within Finite & Renewable Resources for GCSE Chemistry. Revise Finite & Renewable Resources in Using Resources for GCSE Chemistry with 20 exam-style questions and 17 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 8 of 16 in this topic. Focus on the labels, the relationships between parts, and the explanation that turns the diagram into an exam-ready answer.
Sustainability Strategies
🔄 Reduce
- Use less energy and materials
- Improve efficiency of processes
- Design for durability
- Minimize packaging
♻️ Reuse
- Find new applications for waste materials
- Refurbish and repair instead of replacing
- Share resources (car sharing, tool libraries)
- Convert waste to useful products
🔁 Recycle
- Extract metals from electronic waste
- Process plastics into new products
- Compost organic waste into fertilizer
- Capture and reuse industrial byproducts
🌱 Replace
- Substitute finite resources with renewables
- Solar/wind instead of fossil fuels
- Bio-based plastics instead of petrochemicals
- Sustainable materials in construction
Practice questions for Finite & Renewable Resources
Which of the following best describes a finite resource?
State what is meant by sustainable development and give two examples of how chemistry can contribute to it.
Quick recall flashcards
What are renewable resources?
Materials that can be replenished naturally within human timescales through biological or physical processes. Examples include solar energy, wind, and biomass.
What are finite resources?
Materials that exist in limited quantities and cannot be replaced once used up (at least not within human timescales). Examples include fossil fuels and metal ores.