Petteri Alinikula, Nokia - LCA Sustainable Product Design Europe ...

Sustainable use of
materials
Petteri Alinikula, Nokia
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
• Evaluating Key Hazardous Materials Found In Electronic Products And The
Alternatives That Can Be Used To Replace Them In The Design Process
• Evaluating key harmful materials and identifying what the social and
environmental effects of these are
• Flame retardants
• Plastics based on halogens
• Conflict materials
• Discovering where regulation is heading with harmful materials and how it will
impact products in the future
• Assessing alternatives to these hazardous materials to determine how they can
be replaced
• Evaluating cost implications and manufacturing capabilities of alternatives
• Realising how companies can take a proactive approach to making products
safer if an alternative cannot be found

Contents
Materials of concern and regulation
Nokia’s environmental agenda
Material management system
Saving materials
Conclusions
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Materials of concern
and regulation
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Nokia Substance List
Precautionary principle beyond legislation and compliance
1. Legally banned materials
2. Future legally banned materials
3. Materials of concern

Current environmental regulatory topics
and focus areas
RoHS, WEEE
RoHS, WEEE
RoHS, WEEE
Ecodesign
Ecodesign
Ecodesign
REACH, nano
Green Chemistry
Energy, labels..
SCP, GPP, labels..
RoHS, WEEE
energy
RoHS, WEEE
Energy, labels
RoHS, WEEE
In South Africa,
Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria...
RoHS, WEEE
Energy, labels
RoHS, WEEE
RoHS, WEEE
RoHS, WEEE
Energy, chargers

Nokia’s
environmental
agenda
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Life cycle thinking
Product &
technology
development
Raw
materials
Suppliers’
activities
Reuse
recovery
Own
operations
recycling
disposal
Use

Nokia firsts in materials and substances
2010
2008
2007
2006
PVC
2005
New products free of BRF, rFR;
C7: biopaints, C7: recycled
1 st metals
product free of BRF, rFR
3110 Evolve: biomaterials in
covers
New phones, chargers, free of
1 st EU RoHS compliant product
2001
Eco declarations for Nokia
products

Key focus
areas
• Sustainable use of
materials and substances
• Energy efficiency
• Smaller and smarter
packaging
• Consumer involvement
with eco services
• Take back and recycling

Life cycle thinking at Nokia – basis for
minimizing our impacts

The Eco profile
www.nokia.com/ecoprofile
13 © 2010 Nokia Eco profile training / 2010-06-02 / SF & MV

Sustainable use of materials
Nokia is the industry leader in materials & substance management
The materials used in Nokia products and processes must be safe
to people and the environment
We go beyond
basics
We aspire to go
beyond legislation and
compliance, and
proactively drive the
development and
efficient use of more
sustainable materials
We know what
goes into our
products
We set requirements
and maintain full
material data of all
our products to
ensure environmental
sustainability at all
stages of the product
lifecycle
We save materials
We minimize the use
of materials, design
for easy recyclability
and use increasingly
recycled materials

Services and applications for sustainable
lifestyles
Green Explorer
Green Explorer is a communityenriched
travel service featuring
high quality partner content. It
consists of a web site, a mobile
application and a widget, all of
which help travelers to explore the
world with a lighter ecological
footprint, make sustainable
choices and effect positive change
in their everyday lives.
WWF Eco Guru –
powered by Nokia
Calculate your footprint by
measuring the environmental effects
of you lifestyle. Global easy-to-use
ecological footprint calculator for
mobile use by WWF, powered by
Nokia.
Climate Mission
Spreading the word about climate
change, encouraging people to
make a difference and enabling
them to do so. A great way to
entertain and educate!
E numbers
E Numbers widget provides a quick
reference for food additives to use while
shopping and a works as a handy list of
the additives to pay special attention to.
• Eco services and applications are available at www.ovi.com
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Material
management.
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Nokia Compliance Verification system
• No data – no market:
material
requirements
included in Supplier
purchase
agreements
• Specific component
level verification
requested
Verification
1. All suppliers are required to send
full material declarations for each
component
2. Additionally, Statement of
Compliance (SoC) may be
required from component
suppliers
3. High risk substances & materials
identified during this process
may be tested with material level
testing (=”last resort”)
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Material declaration collection through supply
chain
Material:
Gold
Part:
Led
Material:
Aluminum
oxide
Material:
Epoxy
Compliance check 1
Manufacturer #1
Part:
Plating
Compliance check 2
Manufacturer #2
Component:
1234
Compliance check 3
Manufacturer #3
Product:
Phone
Final compliance check =
includes all information
from previous stages
Manufacturer #4
Material declaration collection flow

Full material declarations
• All intentionally added materials used in the components are declared in the
homogeneous material level every single material in every component have
to be declared by the supplier.
• Material information is ”connected” together with the component structure
material declaration tells in which part of the component the material is used
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Example
20 © 2010 Nokia Case study of RoHS and REACH compliancy reporting 01.11.2010

• Material declaration is required from every supplier
through the entire supply chain and data is stored in the
Material Data System
full material declaration of every (intentionally introduced)
single material in a component can be indentified and
located.
material requirement compliance of the component can
be checked
all the materials used in the components and,
cumulatively, in mobile phones can be declared by using
the full material declarations
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Material Data System structure – Component
Level
Component 1234
Manufacturer A
Full material
declaration/PMD
Manufacturer B
Full material
declaration/PMD
substance X
substance Y
RoHS/
REACH
restriction
substance X
substance Y
RoHS/
REACH
restriction

Material Data System structure – Product Level
Basic Phone
Antenna module
RF
module
. . .
Frame and
Chassis
Resistor1
Component
1234
Magnet
Capacitor1
Capacitor1
Frame
.
.
.
Component
1234
.
.
.
Capasitor2
.
.
.
Keymat
ASIC
ASIC
Shield
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Lead found in component used in mobile
phone
Lead found in this area of phone
1. Step: Component identification
based on the product drawings
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2. Step: Component material declaration
• Based on the component code identified from the product drawings material
declarations could be studied
• Material declarations are collected for every supplier of component
Found Lead also visible in material declaration
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Reporting can be selected to be run in any level, Product, part, component. If product level selected, report
shows all components containing each material

Saving materials.
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Recycled metals in mobile phones
• can be used both for
covers and frame and
also for internal parts
• recycled content varies
upon to metal, for ex.
recycled stainless steel
contains 75% recycled
content
• quality and performance
need to remain the
same
Environmental
benefits
• reduce the total energy
use and GHG
emissions
• reduce the need for
virgin metals
• returns the energy and
valuable materials
back into circulation
• encourage recycling
and motivate our
suppliers to engage in
more sustainable way
of creating products
and components

Bio materials in mobile phones
• bio plastics can be used in
external device parts like
covers and frame
• bio paints are used in the
basecoat and topcoat
• bio plastics and bio paints
contain renewable, organic
materials
• use bio materials that do not
conflict with the food
production
• Bio materials’ performance is
developed to match the
conventional ones
Environmental benefits
• sustainable alternative to
traditional, crude oil based
plastics
• reducing the dependency
of non-renewable fossil
fuels as raw material
• reduce energy use and
GHG emissions through
the product lifecycle
• encourage our suppliers
in all tiers to innovate
more in the area of
sustainable product,
component and material
creation

Eco Lead Devices: C7, C6, E7 and N8
industry first bio paints
industry first recycled metals
contain bio plastics
chargers with lowest standby power
free of PVC, BFR and RFR
In-device e-guide

Conclusions.
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Conclusions
• Industry has responded to concerns about
environmental impacts posed by materials
of concern
• Nokia has been working proactively ahead
of the regulation
• Nokia is basing the environmental agenda
to life cycle thinking
• Full material declaration system allows rapid
reporting and checking without testing
• Saving materials introduces innovation
opportunities
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