Laptops

In a survey conducted by Consumer Reports, laptop owners reported that they expected their computers to last five years. And yet, as was discovered recently in a survey of more than 58,000 subscribers who purchased laptops between 2010 and 2015, almost 1 in 5 of those computers will experience some kind of breakdown in the first three years.

In this section we will share our observations on the challenges and observations of boosting circularity.

Components and Metals in Laptops

Facts about supply & Demand

Five billion people around the world use the internet everyday, and 67% of them do so on a laptop. The global laptop market was worth $165.3 billion in 2021, and is expected to continue to grow at a steady 4% CAGR until 2027.

Bill of materials

A typical laptop contains more than 240 substances. The chart and table provided in the link below illustrate the mass substances in a typical laptop comprising a cumulative concentration of nearly 99%.

BOM perspective