Title :
Understanding Mobile Phone Situated Sustainability: The Influence of Local Constraints and Practices on Transferability
Author :
Huang, Elaine M. ; Yatani, Koji ; Truong, Khai N. ; Kientz, Julie A. ; Patel, Shwetak N.
Abstract :
Consumers discard roughly 125 million mobile phones into landfills every year. The authors explore how local and community factors affect mobile phone sustainability.
Keywords :
mobile handsets; sustainable development; local constraints; mobile phone; situated sustainability; Batteries; Cadmium; Educational programs; Educational technology; Life estimation; Mobile handsets; Pervasive computing; Protection; Recycling; Subscriptions; Human-Computer Interaction; mobile phones; pervasive computing; qualitative studies; sustainable design;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2009.19
