Comparative analysis of sustainable manufacturing process in the use of polycarbonate compared to the use of aluminum in mobile phone back covers

• Main Author: Syed Mubarak Subukutheen
• Other Authors: Yeo Swee Hock
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing::Product design; DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing::Polymers and plastics; DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Environmental protection; DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing::Product engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60222
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The world has an estimated population of 7 billion people, out of which 5 billion people are connected through the means of mobile telephony. Compared to 1991, when the number of mobile phone users amounted to only 16 million, in the year 2002, the numbers exceeded 1 billion. The expected number of...