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Table 9

Carbon footprint evaluation.

PROCESS − C.F (1.26E-04 tCO₂ eq/MJ) Case I Case II Case III
DISMANTLING      
Energy Consumption by Human Labor (MJ) 46.02 1305.41 1.76E+08
Energy Consumption by Tool Use (MJ) 99.00 234.00 2.52E+06
DELAMINATION      
Energy Consumption for Thermal Delamination (MJ) 9.31E+02 5.44E+03 7.26E+07
Energy Consumption for Mechanical Delamination (MJ) 205.70 1201.20 1.60E+07
MATERIAL RECOVERY      
Total Consumption for Recovery per Case (MJ) 35.64 84.24 9.09E+05
CLASSIFICATION      
Total Consumption (Manual Sorting) (MJ) 1.67E+01 2.01E+02 9.16E+05
LEACHING      
Total Consumption for Leaching (MJ) 4,950.00 1.17E+04 1.26E+08

TOTAL CARBON FOOTPRINT (tCO₂ eq) 0.77 2.39 4.78E+04

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