Lifespan of Small Electronic Devices in Indonesia

Sumasto, Fredy and Ardi, Romadhani and Zulkarnain, Zulkarnain (2018) Lifespan of Small Electronic Devices in Indonesia. Asia Pacific Conference on Research in Industrial and Systems Engineering (APCoRISE), 1 (1). pp. 21-25.

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Abstract

E-waste is one of the main problems in the world, including Indonesia, which has a high level of consumption of electronic products. E-waste in Indonesia is expected to continue to increase along with the economic development in Indonesia and the rapid development of technology in the world, which of course will be like a time bomb if not handled. At present, Indonesia's current condition is more dominated by the informal sector, which is possible to increase the environmental damage from the way they process E-waste. In actual condition, electronic devices that have finished their life are often not directly disposed but stored or fall into the category of storage time. This paper investigates the active use and storage time of mobile phone and laptop based on an online questionnaire survey taken from households in Java Island. The lifespan distribution of two small electronic devices is based on the results of the online questionnaire survey, which were analyzed using Weibull distribution. The lifespan of mobile phones and laptops were estimated to be 4.51 years and 4.79 years, respectively. The results of the research are expected to be an input for the development of strategies to solve the problem of E-waste in Indonesia.

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