Sustainability Assessment of Electronic Waste Remanufacturing: The Case of Laptop

Over the years, electronic waste accumulation has been on a steep rise, parallel with technological evolution of electrical and equipment. Companies have adopted circular economy approach to overcome emerging issue in last few decades, where goods can return manufacturers or remanufacturers. They be used after certain modifications remanufacturing processes. The laptop refers disassembly, inspection, part repair, upgrade original give it new life, along warranty that is as good product. goal this study includes studying evaluating total environmental impact operations conducted by company using Life Cycle Assessment. system boundaries include all company, starting collecting discarded laptops ending distributing remanufactured laptops. results show transportation, maximum contribution from air highest CO2eq emission due centralized company. It also proven much smaller than newly manufactured laptop.