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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of mobile phones

Author:

Lalit Kumar, Nitin Shyam, Ankit Batra and Hardik Saxena

Subject Area:

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Abstract:

The increase in advancement in technology for the purpose of improving communication leads to availability of mobile phones at low prices. Availability of mobile phones at economical price enabled the low income group people to use personal means of communication. The multitude of mobile phone besides doing well for humanity also has adverse impact on environment. The adverse impacts ranges from the radiation effect to the degrading effect due to energy utilized for all the phases of life cycle as well as effect of disposing of materials. In this research paper the negative effect of mobile phone from start of life cycle to end of life cycle is critically analyzed. This paper concludes that the cell-phones contain hazardous material, harmful to environment according to EPA. The viability of mobile phone manufacturer is taken into consideration while making recommendation.

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