Eco-design, diagnosis and maintenance for modular mobile phones

Summary

FAIRPHONE BV was founded in 2013 to face the social and environmental challenges of the electronics industry by providing the market with a sustainable smartphones alternative. It addresses the “make-use-dispose” trend with modular smartphones (separate functional modules are combined) that are durable and easy to repair.

 

Critical Materials addressed: Smartphones components raw materials: Co, Au, Li, W, Ag, rare earths.
Product lifecycle addressed stages: Design, Engineering, Use phase, EoL.  
Enabled Circular Economy Strategies: Reduce, repair/refurbish, reuse and recycle.

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Demonstrator (project outcome type)
Industrial pilot or use case
MiE KPI section - Impacts
Demonstrator showcasing the realisation of new resilient value chains
Demonstrator showcasing the realisation of new innovative circular value chains
Demonstrator showcasing human and technology complementarity
MiE KPI section - Outcomes
Demonstrator showcasing an increased uptake of green manufacturing
Demonstrator showcasing the uptake of de-manufacturing, re-manufacturing and recycling technologies for more efficient manufacturing
Demonstrator showcasing virtual end-to-end life-cycle engineering and manufacturing
Demonstrator targeting supply chain innovations
Demonstrator addressing smart product's and complex products’ production
Demonstrator showcasing artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics tools’ uptake
C MANUFACTURING
C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
C26.4 Manufacture of consumer electronics
C26.40 Manufacture of consumer electronics
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Eco-design, diagnosis and maintenance for modular mobile phone