Assessment Task
Instructions for this task
Due dates will be strictly adhered to and extensions will be granted only in cases of extreme circumstances. A student may apply to the NLiC for an extension to the submission date of an assignment. Requests for extension must be made on the appropriate form on or before the due date for submission, and must demonstrate exceptional circumstances which warrant the granting of an extension.
Assignments must:
- Be typed using 1.5 lines spacing left justified.
- Use Ariel or Times New Roman font size 12.
- Display a 2.5 cm margin on all sides.
- Include a page number on each page.
Twenty-five percent of the Australian population of the age over 14, about 4.9 million people, drinks bottled water in an average seven days (Morgan, 2015). Pure Springs Water (PSW) bottles water in Adelaide and sells them across Australia. The water is available in 250mL, 600mL, and 2litre. PET plastic bottles used in packaging are not always recycled and may wind up some general wastes. PSW are transported by truck to warehouses throughout Australia. From the warehouses it is distributed to small shops.
Required
A. Prepare a diagram to show the life cycle for a bottle of water.
B. For each of the stages in the life cycle, identify whatever impacts on society and the environment of not more than 200 words.
C. Identify additional information that you would need to evaluate the environmental impact.
D. Prepare a brief report of not more than 400 words to the shareholders of PSW explaining why it is in their best interests to carefully manage the organisation's environmental impact.
Morgan, R The endless thirst of Australia's bottled water drinker, Article No. 6218, Roy Morgan Research 5
May 2015 Available on www.roymorgan.com
Introduction
- Provide a brief summary for this assessment task
- Estimate the cost of the bottled water (optional)
- Estimate the annual profit (optional)
- Provide data from some journal articles or electronic resources to support your arguments
A. Life cycle for a bottle of water
- A set of clear and illustrated diagrams
- Logic flow of the life cycle of a bottle of water
- Not more than 6 stages
B. Impacts on society and the environment
- The impacts on society and the environment at each stage.
- No more than 200 words for each stage
- Clear and readable
C. Additional information for environment impact
- Relevant information provided
- Information particularly related to the bottled water
- Provide journal articles to support the arguments
D. A brief report
- Explains to the shareholders why PSW needs to carefully manage the organsiation's environment impact
- No more than 400 words
E. Format and additional requirements
- Be typed using 1.5 lines spacing left justified.
- Use Ariel or Times New Roman font size 12.
- Display a 2.5 cm margin on all sides.
- Appropriately cite reference original work, author(s) etc. Citation and referencing must conform to Harvard Style format (please check ACU Library website) both in the body of the paper and its attached reference section.
- Length: Max 2,000 words (word count must be provided at the end of the report).