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LIFE-CYCLE STAGES
PRIMARY MATERIALS
EXTRACTION
INPUTS
GHG EMISSIONS
PRIMARY MATERIALS
PROCESSING
From oil to plastics
From iron ore to steel sheets
Transport Industrial processes
WATER
COMPONENTS
MANUFACTURING
ELECTRICITY
ASSEMBLY
Extracting and manufacturing of PACKAGING
Flat LCD screen
cardboard and plastics
Printing 185 or
Case18 Tube8
Regular CRT monitor
Average CO2 emissions from component
DISTRIBUTION
manufacturing (kg)
11 Electronic Circuit boards
69 components
Silicon wafers 15 Chemicals
48 production Central Unit case17

THE CYCLE – REDUCE KICK THE HABIT 97