CANLAPAN, MILLICENT Q.

BSBA 3.2B
ACTIVITY: The Life of an iPhone

Organizational Analysis

Activities Environmental Aspect Environmental Impact

Inbound logistics Transport of raw materials (minerals) to Italy, Global warming and climate change.
Germany, United States, etc. that contributes
to greenhouse gas emissions.

Operations During the processing of making an iPhone, Air pollution

the raw materials that are needed such as
Aluminum, Cobalt, Tungsten, Gold, Tin, Zinc,
Copper, Iron, Nickel, Gallium, Tantalum, and
etc. are soldered and burned to produce chips
and other parts that emits a high amount of
greenhouse gases.

Outbound logistics iPhones are transported from manufacturing Global carbon emmission
site to 25 distributing countries using a plane
which is one of the largest polluting
transportation method.

Marketing and sales iPhones are set to have a lifespan of 4 years Pollution of water and soil
and 3 months but consumers tends to buy the
newly released one because of improved and
upgraded software, features and most
importantly its camera. Since iPhones are very
much overrated and overly hyped, consumers
either dispose their current iphones and buy
new ones most especially that iPhones
releases new ones every year mostly by the
month of september.

Service Apple’s recycling and repurposing of iPhones Pollution of water and land
have a little human interaction because they
have a robot named Daisy but if the customers
did not follow the right disposal of an iPhone,
it will be harmful for the environment.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Activities Environmental Aspect Environmental Impact

Obtaining the raw materials Extraction of minerals Natural resource depletionPotential water
contaminationEcological habitat

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BSBA 3.2B
Assembly of an iPhone
Transportation of iPhone to
consumers
Disposal of an iPhone
Recycling of an iPhone
Issue by Issue
Activities
Obtaining the raw materials
Assembly of an iPhone
Transportation of iPhone to
consumers
Disposal of an iPhone
Recycling of an iPhone
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damageChange in the land form (visual
intrusion)
Emission of carbon dioxide to assemble Global warming, Air quality
an specific iPhone model depending on
the design
Shipping of iPhones via plane that Global warming, Air pollution
releases global carbon emissions
E-waste that contains harmful and toxic Water pollution, Soil/Land pollution
chemicals
Recycling centers not very far from Low impact on recycling and transportation
iPhone stores pollution
Environmental Aspect Environmental Impact Control Measures
Extraction of minerals Natural resource Conduct oil and metal extraction at
depletionPotential water minimum levels of production
contaminationEcological requirements and look for
habitat damageChange in alternative raw materials.
the land form (visual
intrusion)
Emission of carbon dioxide Global warming, Air Set a responsible and set of rules
to assemble an specific quality, Land Pollution and regulations promoting
iPhone model depending environment awareness on
on the design suppliers and manufacturers, Plan a
proper waste disposal for the
landfill
Shipping of iPhones via Global warming, Air Plan to decrease the use of plastic,
plane that releases global pollution, Plan to be efficient in using planes
carbon emissions as carbon dioxide is inevitable
E-waste that contains Water pollution, Plan to recover the iphones by
harmful and toxic Soil/Land pollution trade-in for a gift card to encourage
chemicals customers, advertise where to find
apple stores and educate customers
that Apple recycles iPhones.
Recycling centers not very Low impact on recycling Apple already control this by
far from iPhone stores and transportation renewing energy sources and
pollution repurposing iPhones.