The World’s First Carbon Neutral Cell Phone

Motorola has unveiled the world’s first carbon neutral cell phone, the Renew W233. Tackling the massive problem of e-waste, Motorola designed the Renew W233 to be the first certified Carbonfree cell phone on the market with 100% recyclable housing made from recycled water bottles.

Inhabitat reports that an astounding 426,000 cell phones are retired every single day in the United States, with most of them ending up in landfills. That is definitely a mind-boggling amount of waste, and as we’ve seen, e-waste isn’t pretty and is killing thousands of poor residents in developing countries where the waste is dumped.

From Inhabitat:

Motorola’s Renew W233 cellphone features an admirable set of sustainable features that directly address the phone’s carbon footprint and life cycle. By partnering up with Carbonfund.org Motorola offsets the energy to manufacture, distribute, and operate the phone by investing in renewable energy sources and reforestation. Once the phone reaches the end of its life cycle it can be easily recycled by placing it in a prepaid envelope that is provided in the box. Additionally, the phone’s packaging consumes 22% less material and the manual is printed on post consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks.

It’s about time that companies begin thinking about where their products will end up once their conventional usage is completed. After all, how can we as consumers be responsible for properly disposing of such items?

It’s nice that this phone has a recyclable housing, and it’s a commendable step forward for Motorola, but we’ve got to start demanding that manufacturers take responsibility for ALL parts of their products. Otherwise we’ll never stop the mountains of toxic e-waste from accumulating.

Link [Inhabitat]

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