Table 9.
Environmental assessment of remanufacturing scenarios (B.1 and B.2) taking into account downcycling factors (ki).
| Remanufacturing scenario |
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| B.1 reused: HDDs and memory cards |
B.2 reused: HDDs, memory cards, CPU, mainboard |
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| 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 |