Research Slide Deck Green Electronics Council Research on the opportunities and benefits of greener electronics 15 September 2015
What is the environmental impact of the Computer and Electronics industry?
What are the Opportunities for Greener Electronics? How does the electronics industry impact and depend on natural capital to grow revenue? For every $1B in revenue generated how much natural capital is required? Supply Chain 94% of costs $30M of natural capital costs per $B of Revenue Computer & Electronic Direct Operations Manufacturing 6% of costs
What are the Opportunities for Greener Electronics? What are the natural capital costs of a mobile phone, tablet, and laptop, taking into account the environmental impacts of production? What are the natural capital costs along the value chain, from raw materials through end of life? Natural Capital Cost per Product at Each Lifecycle Stage 70.00 [CELLREF] 60.00 End of Life Use 50.00 Natural Capital Cost ($) Distribution 40.00 Manufacturing 30.00 [CELLREF] 20.00 [CELLREF] 10.00 0.00 Mobile Phone Tablet Laptop Manufacturing Distribution Use End of Life 0% 50% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 50% 100%
What are the Opportunities for Greener Electronics? What is the variability in natural capital costs within a particular segment of the value chain? The semiconductor industry can save $3.2 B in environmental costs if all companies were as efficient as the industry leader.
What are the Opportunities for Greener Electronics? What is the total net benefit of greener electronics when adopted at an industry wide scale? If products globally met the EPEAT gold standard, over $2.5 Billion in natural capital costs could be saved. Based on calculations from EPA’s EEBC calculator (2012). Impacts included were greenhouse gas emissions, toxic materials (Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr6+), municipal solid waste, and hazardous waste. Based on market size of 201, 209.9, and 148 million units sold in 2012 for Notebooks, LCDs, and CPUs respectively (data collected from Statista).
How can a circular economy model create value for the electronics sector? Trashed electronics in the United States equate to $197 million in natural capital costs per year. Natural capital cost Trashed in U.S. Recycled in U.S. Recycling Product of trashed (short tons) (short tons) rate electronics (USD) Computers 255,000 168,000 40% $31 million Monitors 401,000 194,000 33% $49 million Mobile devices 17,200 2,240 11% $2 million Televisions 864,000 181,000 17% $107 million Keyboards & 61,400 6,460 10% $8 million mice Total: $197 million U.S. disposal data for 2010, from USEPA Source: http://www.electronicstakeback.com/wp ‐ content/uploads/Facts_and_Figures_on_EWaste_and_Recycling.pdf Product weights Source: http://ewasteguide.info/weight
How can a circular economy model create value for the electronics sector?
How does the electronics industry depend on water? How does the electronics industry depend on water to generate revenue, and how does this compare to other industry sectors? Computer and Electronics Manufacturing’s water use intensity is 85% lower than the average across industries. Average Water Use Intensity Based on 2013 data from the Trucost Environmental Register
How does the electronics industry depend on water? How does the electronics industry depend on water to generate revenue, and how does this compare to other industry sectors? Based on 2013 data from the Trucost Environmental Register
How does the electronics industry depend on water? Where are there “hot spots” for water in the electronics industry value chain? - Packaging - Water utilities - Raw Materials: Materials - Electricity mining and crop - Main Generation production for Component - Packaging packing materials Sectors Materials Based on 2013 data from the Trucost Environmental Register
How is water scarcity a limiting factor for revenue growth? Beijing
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