Carbon footprint of mobile phones

Research on the annual carbon emissions from smartphone usage provides an estimate of an average of 63 kilograms of CO2 emissions produced, from only one hour of smartphone usage per day, for a year, and up to 90 kilograms of CO2 emissions produced for 10 hours of usage per day, for a year.

1. How do mobile phones affect the environment?
2. What is the average amount of CO2 needed to manufacture a smartphone?
3. Do cell phones pollute the air?

How do mobile phones affect the environment?

While smartphones consume little energy to operate, 85% of their emissions impact comes from production. A smartphone's chip and motherboard require the most amount of energy to produce as they are made up of precious metals that are mined at a high cost.

What is the average amount of CO2 needed to manufacture a smartphone?

For instance, the annual global warming potential impact from the use stage was 7 kg CO₂-eq out of the total 57 kg CO₂-eq for the smartphone itself.

Do cell phones pollute the air?

Minerals of blight and blood. Smartphones generate more greenhouse gases than any other consumer electronic devices, although their carbon footprint is modest compared to the main perpetrators of global warming, namely the energy sector and transportation.