Title :
Life cycle assessment for recycled magnesium alloy and polymer resin housings for notebook computers
Author :
Horikoshi, Y. ; Watanabe, I. ; Kimura, K. ; Hashitani, T. ; Nishii, K.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs., xx, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper we describe the CO/sub 2/ emission of material, production, and recycling throughout the life cycle of Mg alloy housing of notebook PCs, and we discuss how applying the recycling technology can reduce the environmental burden. We also compare the evaluated basic unit of CO/sub 2/ emission of Mg alloy housing with that of resin housing.
Keywords :
DP industry; carbon compounds; environmental factors; life cycle costing; magnesium alloys; notebook computers; packaging; plastic packaging; polymers; recycling; resins; CO/sub 2/; CO/sub 2/ emission; Mg alloy housing; environmental burden; life cycle assessment; magnesium alloy; notebook PCs; notebook computers; polymer resin housings; recycling; Carbon compounds; Computer industry; Environmental factors; Magnesium alloys; Microcomputers; Packaging; Plastic packaging;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign '03. 2003 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8590-x
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2003.1322757
