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. 2018 Oct 10;198:1545–1558. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.012

Table 9.

Environmental assessment of remanufacturing scenarios (B.1 and B.2) taking into account downcycling factors (ki).

Remanufacturing scenario
B.1 reused: HDDs and memory cards
B.2 reused: HDDs, memory cards, CPU, mainboard
k1 = 1 k1 = 0.8 k1 = 0.9 k1 = 1 k2 = 1 k1 = 0.8 k2 = 0.4 k1 = 0.8 k2 = 0.7 k1 = 0.9 k2 = 0.4 k1 = 0.9 k2 = 0.7
Abiotic depletion potential (elements) [kg Sb-eq.] 24.51 19.78 22.15 80.74 42.11 59.06 28.58 35.04
Acidification midpoint [Mole H+ eq.] 1.17 1.13 1.15 1.48 1.26 1.35 1.17 1.21
GWP [kg CO2-eq.] 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.20 1.11 1.15 1.07 1.08
Ecotoxicity: freshwater [CTUe] 1.92 1.74 1.83 12.00 5.74 8.77 2.20 2.49
Eutrophication: freshwater [kg P eq] 1.23 1.18 1.21 4.40 2.44 3.40 1.46 1.57
Eutrophication: marine [kg N-eq.] 1.05 1.04 1.05 1.17 1.09 1.12 1.05 1.06
Eutrophication: terrestrial [Mole N eq.] 1.14 1.11 1.12 1.37 1.20 1.27 1.14 1.17
Human toxicity, cancer effects [CTUh] 2.52 2.22 2.37 5.69 3.47 4.43 2.32 2.63
Human toxicity, non-cancer effects [CTUh] 1.27 1.21 1.24 1.98 1.50 1.71 1.27 1.33
Ionising radiation [kBq U235 eq] 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.01 1.02 1.01 1.01
Ozone depletion [kg CFC-11 eq] 1.31 1.24 1.28 1.40 1.28 1.31 1.76 1.93
Particulate matter [kg PM2,5-eq.] 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.4
Photochemical ozone [kg NMVOC] 1.14 1.11 1.13 1.38 1.21 1.28 1.14 1.18
Primary energy (fossil + renewable) [MJ] 1.05 1.04 1.04 1.14 1.08 1.10 1.04 1.06
Resource depletion (water) [m³ eq.] 1.05 1.04 1.05 1.16 1.08 1.12 1.09 1.11