LCA of Smart Phones

Posted by murattuztas

File:

iCycle.pdf

Contact:

murattuztas@gmail.com

Type:

Full LCA not available on the web

Comparative:

yes

Publication year:

2011

Language:

English

Code:

Electronics/TIC

Product:

Smart Phones

Environmental Impacts

Material impact(s):

Abiotic ressources depletion

Raw material impact level:

High

Manufacturing impact(s):

Eutrophication

Manufacturing impact level:

High

Shipping impact(s):

Global warming

Shipping impact level:

Low

Usage impact(s):

Global warming

Usage impact level:

Medium

End of life impact(s):

Toxicity / Eco-toxicity

End of life impact level:

Low

Quality and sources

Is the study a:

Quick LCA

Was a critical review performed?:

Is the study compliant with ISO 14044?:

Yes

Practitioner(s):

Murat Bilgehan Tuztas

Practitioner(s) type:

University

Summary

Functional unit:

Using Iphone 4 for 2 years with different intensities such as 400/600/1000 times charge

Goal and scope of the summary:

To understand the effect of the smart phones to the envoirment, which became our inseperable accessories. To verify the data iven by the manufacturing company To provide basic LCA form for more sophisticated# academic LCA research.

Iphone 4 is considered to be one of the most energy efficient smart phone these days, but most the information regarding the product life cycle is not completely provided by the manufacturing company. Recyling and End of Life of the product is completely unknown.
Material extraction of the phone is not specifically given like Nokia Substance List above, so might cause slight changes in the LCA.
Different density of usage creates big differences on the climate effect of the product, but there is less advertisement about the usage phase.

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