Buying a new smartphone

Sector
Goods & Services
Category
Digital

The smartphone has 5.5 inches (13cm) screen and is charged once a day. A person changes smartphone every two years on average. The emissions include the full production cycle (extraction of raw materials, assembling, and transport) and dismantling, as well as charging the battery.

Carbon footprint breakdown

Raw materials extraction 79.86%
Manufacturing energy 0.82%
Transport 17.13%
Smartphone use 2.19%

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