Abstract
About four items of refrigerator, washing machine, air-conditioner and television (a cathode-ray tube type) which became re-commodification objects on the Home Electronics Recycling Law, the amount of CO2 emission and solid waste amount during recycling processes were evaluated by LCA method. As a result, it was confirmed that solid waste amount decreased with recycling, but CO2 emission increased in some cases. In the case of refrigerator, when an effect of collection of insulation material Freon is accounted as equivalent CO2 considering global warming potential, it is confirmed that both of solid waste amount and CO2 emission could be reduced.
