What better way to get environmentally friendly than have a green cell phone? Motorola acknowledged the importance of being green in its latest development, a cell phone made up of recycled water bottles, the first device of its kind.
Motorola’s offering combines quality and utility with an environmentally friendly design, meant to help users reduce their carbon footprint.
As we all know it, consumers have begun using more and more electronic products over the past two decades. For the environment, this means unprecedented pressure from growing electronic waste, which in many cases is toxic and not biodegradable.
The number of cell phones has also increased significantly, and people now tend to own more than just one cell phone. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, less than 20 percent of cell phones are recycled each year.
It is important to note that recycling cell phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions, keeps valuable material out of landfills and incinerators, and conserves natural resources. Recycling just a million cell phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions equal to taking 1,368 cars off the road for a year. (EPA)
Motorola’s MOTO W233 Renew is 100 percent recyclable and the world’s first carbon neutral phone. Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president Global Marketing at Motorola Mobile Devices said in a statement that today, natural resources, energy and time are more precious than ever before and this device makes the right impact with consumers and the environment.
MOTO W233 offers nine hours of talk time and 18 days standby, CrystalTalk technology and messaging capabilities, and is part of the phone maker’s commitment to reduce the environmental impact of cell phones and recover valuable materials from them for reuse.
Furthermore, it offers USB connectivity, WAP, 2 GB of removable memory (optional), it weighs 83g, and offers a 128 x 128 65k CSTN display.
Cell phones are normally produced from precious materials, copper, and plastic, but Motorola’s creation is 100 percent green, including the box it comes with. According to the company, the packaging has not only been reduced by 22 percent, but all the materials inside have been printed using vegetable-based inks on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper.
Moreover, the in-box postage-paid recycling envelope helps users return their previous mobile phone for recycling and make their own contribution to a cleaner environment.
The company reported that the phone, which is set to appear in the first quarter of 2009, has earned Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Product Certification. Furthermore, the phone maker is also offsetting the carbon dioxide required to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation.
Motorola, together with other partners such as AT&T, Best Buy, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, Office Depot, palm, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Staples, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless, is part of an ongoing effort to extend the outreach of recycling programs for cell phones, and educate the public in this respect.
