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Table 5 LCC of e-waste

From: The life-cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and life-cycle costs of e-waste management in Thailand

 

Dismantling areas

E-waste costs

Profit from selling as second-hand part (Dismantler)

Transportation costs (Dismantler)

Profits from selling parts to recycler (Dismantler)

Transportation costs to recycling industry (Transporter)

Profits (Thai recycler)

Profits from rare mineral extraction (Foreign recycler)

Television

THB/unit

Kalasin

20–130

 

0.5–4.3

106.8–132.5

0.1–3.2

86

 

Buriram

  

1.4–9.9

 

1.3–3.2

82

Air conditioner

THB/unit

Central region

300–1000

753.9–1375.3

0.3–2.4

 

1.3–4.3

368.6–452.3

Computer

THB/unit

Kalasin

100–180

231.1–493.2

0.2–4.6

127.3–306.9

2.0–7.5

111.8–312.7

470.2–621.0

Buriram

  

1.5–10.6

125.8–296.2

1.9–9.0

Sua Yai Uthit

    

0.5–0.7

Cell-phone

THB/100 unit

Maha Sarakham

  

0.2–18.3

961.5–1264

1.4–2.2

 

13,089

  1. Note: Labor costs, utility bills, cost of equipment, and transport for recycling abroad are not included