Online Table 1 Average bill of materials for consumer electronic products.

From: Disassembly-based bill of materials data for consumer electronic products

Product category

Average bill of materials (mass percent)

Total product mass (grams)

Aluminum

Copper

Steel

Plastic

Li-ion battery

PCB

Flat panel glass

CRT glass

Other glass

Other metals

Others

Average

Maximum

Minimum

Basic mobile phone

5.6

2.1

1.0

34.0

24.9

18.2

8.1

 

—

—

6.0

117

173

95

Blu-ray player

0.2

3.5

59.8

17.5

 

17.6

  

0.4

—

1.0

3,150

4,460

983

CRT monitor

1.0

4.2

9.3

16.0

 

7.5

 

59.3

—

1.6

1.2

15,050

21,160

11,690

CRT TV

0.4

3.4

5.4

16.9

 

5.7

 

64.2

—

1.7

2.4

34,094

41,517

26,671

DVD player

1.1

4.1

48.6

33.2

 

12.8

  

—

—

0.2

3,692

5,161

2,338

Traditional / integrated desktop

8.7

3.9

52.2

20.9

 

9.9

1.0

 

1.2

0.9

1.2

8,795

12,320

2,971

Digital camera / camcorder

12.0

1.3

15.5

40.6

2.4

15.6

4.1

 

1.7

—

6.9

214

848

111

Drone

0.8

2.8

12.0

57.8

7.0

17.0

1.0

 

—

—

1.7

886

1,858

81

E-reader

6.1

0.4

4.6

32.1

20.7

12.1

16.2

 

5.3

2.2

0.3

323

515

222

Fitness tracker

3.2

1.2

19.4

18.9

7.8

6.5

3.2

 

—

—

39.8

25

41

16

Gaming console

9.1

2.2

31.3

34.5

0.10

16.6

  

—

0.04

6.2

2,719

4,228

1,178

Laptop

15.4

1.8

11.5

28.3

14

12.4

8.2

 

—

5.8

2.5

2,706

3,751

1,745

LCD monitor

6.2

5.3

35.8

28.4

 

6.2

17.9

 

—

—

0.2

4,711

6,893

2,829

LCD TV

2.5

0.9

42.6

28.1

 

5.8

12.9

 

—

4.7

2.5

20,779

29,983

14,406

LED monitor / LED TV

13.6

0.02

27.9

39.8

 

4.1

14.2

 

—

—

0.3

5,167

9,277

3,042

MP3 player

25.5

0.7

13.8

15.4

11.6

14.4

7.7

 

9.4

—

1.5

93

128

52

Netbook

10.0

1.4

5.5

29.1

17.5

16.1

11.3

 

2.2

4.3

2.7

1,087

1,322

896

Plasma TV

11.1

0.5

32.5

29.8

 

5.9

11.7

 

1.5

1.9

5.2

43,479

65,358

35,616

Printer

0.2

0.6

30.0

60.8

 

3.1

0.1

 

3.8

—

1.4

6,138

8,329

1,801

Smartphone

9.9

1.2

6.3

23.7

22.6

14.0

6.7

 

8.7

2.5

4.1

135

180

91

Smart thermostat

3.7

0.4

14.0

55.7

3.3

16.7

6.0

 

—

—

0.1

204

333

143

Tablet

9.3

0.4

4.1

19.5

22.8

6.6

14.8

 

21.8

—

0.6

579

686

492

VCR

—

1.5

64.6

18.6

 

15.3

  

—

—

—

3,861

N/A

N/A

  1. Note:
  2. Averages include disassembly-based lab data and high-quality literature data.
  3. Cells left blank indicate that a material or component is not applicable to the product. For example, CRT glass is only found in CRT TVs and monitors and is not expected in other product categories.
  4. Cells containing “—” indicate that a material was not directly detected or quantified, although it may be present in the product. For example, the total reported mass of a PCB (component) would likely include individual materials present in that component (aluminum, copper, gold) that are not detectable or separable by physical disassembly alone. Likewise, stated values for each individual material reflect only the mass of that material when it is separable, identifiable, and quantifiable by physical disassembly and not additional amounts of that material that may be contained in composite components (i.e., materials are not double counted).
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