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Instructions: The questions below can be answered offline. When you complete the assignment, return
to the Week 4 course page on the Coursera website. Click on the Submit Homework Assignment
Answers button, which will allow you to enter your answers into a web form for automated grading.
Grading: Part 1 of Homework #4 is worth 45 points. The point values of each answer are listed below.
You can submit a maximum of 30 attempts. The highest scoring attempt that is submitted before the
deadline will count toward your official grade. Scores for each attempt will be available immediately
after submission of your answers.
Numbers: In this assignment, and throughout this course, numbers will be expressed using the U.S.
numeric convention where commas separate thousands and the dot (or decimal point) is the decimal
separator. For example, the number one thousand two hundred and one-tenth is written 1,200.1.
To determine the optimum waste management strategies for non-refillable single-serving soft
drink containers.
To evaluate the resource use, solid wastes, and greenhouse gas emissions associated with
common containers used for non-refillable single-serving soft drinks.
To promote the superiority of PET containers for use as non-refillable single-serving soft drinks.
To guide consumer decisions on single-serving soft drinks.
Question 4: What reference flows are chosen to meet the stated functional unit of this study?
Question 5: Which category accounted for the largest share of total energy requirements for the three
different types of container?
Process energy.
Transportation energy.
Energy of materials resource.
PET containers have the highest transportation energy, followed by glass, then aluminum.
Glass containers have the highest transportation energy, followed by PET, then aluminum.
Aluminum containers have the highest transportation energy, followed by glass, then PET.
Glass containers have the highest transportation energy, followed by aluminum, then PET.
Question 7: From which year are the inventory data for production of the PET resin?
2009
2003
2006
1997
Question 8: From what geographic region are the inventory data for production of the PET resin?
Europe
Europe and North America
United States
North America
Blow molding
Biaxially-oriented extrusion
Injection molding