A smartphone: carbon footprint

Carbonle#10 of 16

📱Carbon footprintA smartphone

60kg CO₂e

making one phone

carbonle.com

A smartphone comes in at about 60 kg CO₂e (making one phone).

Of the 16 things you buy Carbonle tracks, A smartphone sits at #10 from the lightest — mid-pack.

This is the one-off cost of making the thing, before you use it. It's why a reusable tote only wins after many trips, and why a phone's footprint is the factory, not the charger.

Making one phone outweighs years of charging it. The factory is the footprint.

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Figures from Apple iPhone Product Environmental Report (2024), licensed industry LCA.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.