• DocumentCode
    1056860
  • Title

    Understanding Mobile Phone Situated Sustainability: The Influence of Local Constraints and Practices on Transferability

  • Author

    Huang, Elaine M. ; Yatani, Koji ; Truong, Khai N. ; Kientz, Julie A. ; Patel, Shwetak N.

  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    Consumers discard roughly 125 million mobile phones into landfills every year. The authors explore how local and community factors affect mobile phone sustainability.
  • Keywords
    mobile handsets; sustainable development; local constraints; mobile phone; situated sustainability; Batteries; Cadmium; Educational programs; Educational technology; Life estimation; Mobile handsets; Pervasive computing; Protection; Recycling; Subscriptions; Human-Computer Interaction; mobile phones; pervasive computing; qualitative studies; sustainable design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2009.19
  • Filename
    4736478