Disassembly-based bill of materials data for consumer electronic products
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Consumer electronic products have a complex life cycle, characterized by environmental, social, and economic impacts and benefits associated with their manufacturing, use, and disposal at end-of-life. Accurately analysing these trade-offs and creating sustainable solutions requires data about the materials and components that make up these devices. Such information is rarely disclosed by manufacturers and only exists in the open literature in disparate case study format. This study presents a comprehensive database of bill of material (BOM) data describing the mass of major materials and components contained in 95 unique consumer electronic products. Data are generated by product disassembly and physical characterization and then validated against external benchmarks in the literature. The study also contributes a reproducible framework for organizing BOM data so that they can be expanded as new products enter the market. These data will benefit researchers studying all aspects of electronics and sustainability, including material scarcity, product design, environmental life cycle assessment, electronic waste policy, and environmental health and safety.
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- Authors
- Babbitt, C. W., Madaka, H., Althaf, S., Kasulaitis, B., & Ryen, E. G.
- Affiliations
- Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
- Finger Lakes Community College (US)
- Wells College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Babbitt, Callie W.
- Venue
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2020-07-30
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 251-251
- ISSN
- 2052-4463 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7393088
- OpenAlex
- W3046262883
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3
- Type
- data paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Data (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (CBET-1254688, CBET-1236447)
- Consumer Technology Association
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Keywords
- bill of materials, consumer electronics, product disassembly, electronic components, material shortages, electronic waste, life cycle assessment, product design, environmental health and safety
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