Smartphones replacement cycle in the us 20142023 statista. This lca accounts for impacts and costs from cradle to grave recycling environmental. This replacement cycle is driven by the evolution of technology and the tendency of consumers to want a. Conducting a life cycle assessment lca there are four main phases of the lca process. For global warming potential the life cycle impact of this smartphone was about 0. The life cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas. The transported weight includes the weight of the phone, packaging and manual. Life cycle assessment of a smartphone atlantis press.
Environmental impact evaluation of mobile phone via life cycle. A study on the product life cycle of samsung smartphone s in india national seminar on. To give you a brief recap, lca is a quantitative tool used to assess the environmental performance of a product or service throughout its entire life cycle cradletograve. A study on the product life cycle of samsung smartphones. Report for keepcup reusable coffee cups life cycle. It is commonly known that the use of smartphones in. Lca life cycle assessment lcd liquid crystal display lci life cycle inventory. Case study on critical metals in mobile phones final report. Key messages to address market and regulatory failures, policy gaps, and incoherence in policies across the life cycle. This example shows some benefits of considering the product life cycle in marketing strategies but also some significant limitations. Waste management for endof life eol smartphones is a growing problem due to their high turnover rate and concentration of toxic chemicals. Introduction to life cycle assessment 9 1 introduction to life cycle assessment this section of the handbook introduces the concept of life cycle assessment lca. Recycling mobile phone impact on life cycle assessment.
Materials and methodsscreening life cycle assessment using single weighted scores. Administration commissioned study on the life cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from lithiumion batteries. Life cycle assessment report information introduction life cycle assessment lca is a method used to determine the real cost andor environmental impact of a product over its life. Understanding the product life cycle of a smartphone. An environmental life cycle assessment lca approach was used to conduct an analysis of the iphone product life cycle. This study uses a life cycle assessment lca methodology in order to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of a smartphone, in particularly the smartphone sony xperiatm t. Pdf comparative life cycle assessment of smartphone. A study on the product life cycle of samsung smartphone s in india dibyajyoti mohapatra asst. Comparative life cycle assessment of smartphone reuse springerlink. This paper investigates the environmental impact of smartphone repurposing as compared to traditional refurbishing using life cycle. Furthermore, the rise of second life and refurbished smartphones is also catalyzing this trend. During the life cycle impact assessment, the importance of possible environmental impacts based of the life cycle flow results are evaluated. The secret life of a smart phone reduce, reuse, recycle. Pdf on jan 1, 2016, mine ercan and others published life cycle assessment of a smartphone find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
A full life cycle assessment covers several impact categories such as potential for global warming, acidification and toxicity, using a cradletograve perspective including everything from acquisition of raw material, production, assembly, distribution, transports, use and endof life treatment. This document is an update and merger of two previous epa documents on lca life cycle assessment. The assessment of smartphones involves the analysis of a complex product system. Life cycle assessment lca life cycle assessment lca is a tool to evaluate the environmental effects of a product or process throughout its entire life cycle. Environmental impact evaluation of mobile phone via life cycle assessment witthawin sangprasert, chanathip pharino abstract this research evaluated levels of environmental impacts of mobile phones throughout its life cycle from cradle to gate using lca software. Reusable cups life cycle assessment and benchmark communicating the results of this study following relevant guidelines in the australia2, the uk3 4and the united states, edge recommends that keepcup base its publicfacing statements on sentences such as. This chart shows the average number of months before users upgrade their smartphone in the u. The product analyzed in this project is a mobile phone. This behavior is likely a consequence of the high percentage of used devices in mexico. The functional unit assessed is one litre of nfc orange juice in one litre pet bottle, oneway, at. So, when deploying smartphones, enterprise mobility managers should think about. This graph shows the average expected life span replacement cycle length of smartphones enterpriseconsumer in the united states, from.
The future of building life cycle assessment in practice summary as the architectural and construction industries increasingly emphasize sustainability, more comprehensive methods are being developed to evaluate and reduce environmental impacts by buildings. To assess the environmental impact caused by the production, use, and recycling of the smartphone a. Life cycle environmental impacts of a smartphone ericsson. Fairphone2 life cycle assessment results gwp over full life cycle and per module modularization of a smartphone means a radical redesign of the internal layout of such a device. The average useful life of a mobile handset is around seven years, but users in developed countries replace their phones about every 18 months. Life cycle impact assessment lcia phase of life cycle assessment aimed at understanding and evaluating the magnitude and significance of the potential environmental impacts for a product system throughout the life cycle of the product iso 14040. Environmental in and outflows, including resources, emissions to air, water and soil as well as waste treatment and electric energy consumption are quantified for. Life cycle assessment department of environmental affairs. Manufacturing plastics and fiberglass are used to make the basic shape of the circuit board, which is then coated with gold plating. Pdf life cycle assessment of a smartphone researchgate. The product life cycle of a smartphone is not just about physical attributes.
Lca can be used for product development and improvement, strategic planning, setting public policy and communications. According to this lca study, the sony xperiatm t smartphone, excluding. Life cycle assessment lca is the calculation and evaluation of the environmentally relevant inputs and outputs and the potential environmental impacts of the life cycle of a product, material or service sabs iso, 1998. Ict, ghg emissions, life cycle lca, assessment, smartphone, telecommunication. Life cycle assessment of a smartphone conference paper pdf available january 2016. Life cycle impact assessment lcia lcia is used to evaluate and interpret the environment impacts of a product system by assigning quantifiable measurement 14.
A practice guide acknowledgments page 3 acknowledgments the creation of this practice guide was funded by the charles pankow foundation, the oregon department of environmental quality, and skanska usa. From the available literature, the manufacturing phase is shown to dominate the life cycle of a typical smartphone for ghg emissions. The smartphone growth cycle will reach its maturity stage at the end of this year. Life cycle assessment lca of mobile phones we have to start by saying that life cycle describes and analyses all the actions and materials that happen during the production, use, and recycling the cell phones that we use every single day wherever we are. Comparative life cycle assessment of smartphone reuse. Environmental impact evaluation of mobile phone via life. Aia guide to building life cycle assessment in practice.
Life cycle assessment lca is emerging as one of the most. In its 2009 publication, guidelines for social life cycle. Precision of a streamlined life cycle assessment approach. An independent life cycle assessment has demonstrated that using keepcup has the lowest. Life cycle assessment, jeans, csr management, organic cotton. Understanding the life cycle of a smart phone can help you make environmentally smart choices about your phoneand what to do with it when you want a new one. The life cycle assessment, including impact categories climate change. To understand the effect of the smart phones to the envoirment, which became our inseperable accessories. This mini project is about a study on the product life cycle of samsung galaxy in india and the. Mexican users replace their smartphone fastest, replacing every 18 months. Declarations epds to communicate life cycle based environmental performance of products 10.
Abb ability life cycle assessment for electrical systems. Challenges in the product life cycle principles of. This case study investigates a cradletogate life cycle assessment of the production of notfromconcentrate nfc orange juice in spain. Life cycle of a cell phone cell phones are only used for an average of 18 months before being replacedeven though they can function for much longer. How we measure reads a read is counted each time someone views a publication summary. The life cycle assessment is a cradletograve approach of carrying out the evaluation of effects that a product has on the environment over the entire product life.
This cradleto grave study is based on life cycle assessment lca methodology as outlined by the iso14040 series. Marketing management, srusti academy of management, bhubaneswar abstract. By normalization, the annual use of a smartphone in this study was compared to the overall annual impact per person globally according to available reference values as defined in the lca database. Click the image to the right to view a larger size or download a pdf of the infographic below. It is of interest to understand the life cycle contribution from the use of smartphones including their network usage, as well as to gain knowledge regarding the impact of the smartphone as a device to provide input for network studies. Life cycle assessment of the fairphone 2 final report marina proske christian clemm nikolai richter. This paper investigates the environmental impact of smartphone repurposing as compared to traditional refurbishing using life cycle assessment lca. Videos 2, 3 and 4 of the gabi paper clip video tutorial series accompany it. Case study on critical metals in mobile phones 6 executive summary box 1. Smartphone users replace their device every twentyone. International standard organization iso that provides quantitative environmental impact.
The fairphone 2 is a modular smartphone by fairphone b. Waste management for endoflife eol smartphones is a growing problem due. Goals and scoping3 the scoping step determines which processes will be included, which environmental concerns will be included, what economic or social good is provided by the goods or services in question, resolves any technical issues and. Lca is a technique that aims to identify and address the potential environmental impacts of a product throughout its life cycle. Life cycle assessment lca of mobile phones international. The distribution and selling by retailers is not part of the assessment. The subsequent consequences of this for the balance of the life cycle phases are explored with the inclusion of wider elements in the potential expanded mobile infrastructure, such as servers and the network. For the first time, its showing singledigit worldwide growth, according to idc. Life cycle assessment for mobile products background calculation basis system boundary of lca standard iso 14040. An lca entails examining the product from the extraction of raw materials for the manufacturing process, through the production and use of the. Life cycle environmental impacts of a smartphone pdf. Lca is environmental assessment tool standardized by. The practice guide was developed with the assistance of a diverse advisory committee who provided feedback. The versatility of modern smartphones presents an interesting alternative waste management strategy.
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