During this stage, you hold the device in your hand and use it for many years. Here we assess the positive environmental capabilities of its device such as durability, upgradability and reparability but also its implication such as energy consumptions/charging.

This last stage looks after the environmental aspects when you decided to "throw away" the device in the recycling bin. This includes if the devices can be easily refurbished or if its metals and the plastics can recycled.