Potential recycling availability and capacity assessment on typical metals in waste mobile phones: A current research study in China

Tan, Quanyin; Dong, Qingyin; Liu, Lili; Song, Qingbin; Liang, Yangyang; Li, Jinhui

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.036

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“…these estimates are larger than the previous estimates of 77 million units in 2008 (Yu, et al,2010) and 350 million units in 2025 (Tan, et al,2017). One of the major reasons behind this difference is that both Yu, et al and Tan, et al did not consider the smuggled and counterfeit mobile phones based on the differentiation between feature phones and smartphones.…”

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confidence: 80%

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The present and future availability of high-tech minerals in waste mobile phones: Evidence from China

Wang

Zuo

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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High-tech minerals are key raw materials in national strategic emerging industries. Waste mobile phones contain a variety of high-tech minerals. With rapid economic development and improvements in living standards, mobile phones are becoming one of the most commonly used electronic devices among all electrical and electronic products. Since 2004, China has been the world's largest mobile phone-producing and phone-consuming country, and correspondingly, it has generated excessive waste. In this paper, the dynamic material flow method and the Weibull distribution are used to analyze the quantity of waste mobile phones generated and the quantities of the high-tech minerals they contain based on the differentiation between feature phones and smartphones. Additionally, future trends regarding high-tech minerals in waste mobile phones are predicted using a market supply A model. Our research results show an increasing trend of waste mobile phone generation, indicating that a considerable amount of the high-tech minerals they contain can be recycled. Finally, the following recommendations were proposed to further improve the management and development system of waste mobile phones in China: the development of a high-tech mineral data base is urgent; policies should be formulated and implemented by governments to improve the overall waste management system; the ecological design of products should be improved by manufacturers; dismantling and refining technologies should be enhanced by recycling companies to improve the recycling rate; and the public awareness of recycling should be strengthened.

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Section: Estimated Quantities Of Waste Mobile Phonesmentioning

confidence: 80%

“…In addition, developing waste mobile phones has environmental benefits. Recovering 10 kg of aluminum from WEEE could save 90% of the energy required for its primary production, and reduce 13 kg of bauxite residue, 20 kg of CO 2 emissions, and 0.11 kg of SO 2 emissions (Tan, et al,. 2017).…”

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The present and future availability of high-tech minerals in waste mobile phones: Evidence from China

Wang

Zuo

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Despite my excitement, I was disappointed by the lack of acknowledgement of the sustainability implications that the growth of mobile device usage has on our environment. As we all know now, the majority of global citizens own mobile phones that are often quickly upgraded to the newest models, and disposing obsolete devices creates an excess of waste with environmental implications (Tan et al 2017; however, MGDR has addressed this issue, see Kumar and Bhaskar 2016). Pivotal questionsthat should have been addressed in this bookcould have revolved around disposal, recycle, or repurposing strategies that need to be applied to manage the 42,000 tons of waste predicted by 2025 in countries such as China (Tan et al 2017).…”

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Banerjee, Dholakia and Dholakia, M-Powering Marketing in a Mobile World (2017)

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2018

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“…The majority (73.1%) stems from gold ores (coupled production). The corresponding annual direct input for gold only amounts to 11.6 tons of gold, which is 0.5% of the global gold production in 2012 [58], and only 0.4% of the mined gold supply in 2015 [59].…”

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Metals for Fuels? The Raw Material Shift by Energy-Efficient Transport Systems in Europe

2018

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Abstract:The long-term transition towards a low-carbon transport sector is a key strategy in Europe. This includes the replacement of fossil fuels, modal shifts towards public transport as well as higher energy efficiency in the transport sector overall. While these energy savings are likely to reduce the direct greenhouse gas emissions of transport, they also require the production of new and different vehicles. This study analyses in detail whether final energy savings in the transport sector also induce savings for material resources from nature if the production of future vehicles is considered. The results for 28 member states in 2030 indicate that energy efficiency in the transport sector leads to lower carbon emissions as well as resource use savings. However, energy-efficient transport sectors can have a significant impact on the demand for metals in Europe. An additional annual demand for 28.4 Mt of metal ores was calculated from the personal transport sector in 2030 alone. The additional metal ores from semiprecious metals (e.g., copper) amount to 12.0 Mt, from precious metals (e.g., gold) to 9.1 Mt and from other metals (e.g., lithium) to 11.7 Mt, with small savings for ferrous metal ores (−4.6 Mt).

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Potential recycling availability and capacity assessment on typical metals in waste mobile phones: A current research study in China

Cited by 79 publications

References 27 publications

The present and future availability of high-tech minerals in waste mobile phones: Evidence from China

The present and future availability of high-tech minerals in waste mobile phones: Evidence from China

Banerjee, Dholakia and Dholakia, M-Powering Marketing in a Mobile World (2017)

Metals for Fuels? The Raw Material Shift by Energy-Efficient Transport Systems in Europe

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