The end of life treatment of second generation mobile phone networks: Strategies to reduce the environmental impact

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 540-566

  Scharnhorst, Wolfram ^a,b   Althaus, Hans Jörg ^a   Classen, Mischa ^a   Jolliet, Olivier ^b   Hilty, Lorenz M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

End of life scenarios; LCA; Mobile phone network; Recycling benefit; Value correction factor; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

END OF LIFE (EOL) TREATMENTS; MATERIAL QUALITY; MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS; PRINTED WIRING BOARDS (PWB);

GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 20444446015     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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