“Green” Cellphones

Metals from aluminum cans. Casing made of plastic from bottles. Rubber key mats made from car tires.

That is what makes up Nokia’s green cell phone, ReMade, according to this article on Environmental News Network..

ReMade is made up of 100 percent recycled parts. There will be no need to make new parts which will stop manufacturers from using more natural resources. Not only that, landfills will be reduced.

Unfortunately, recycled phones like ReMade will not be in stores anytime soon; maybe in another few years. Markus Terho, a director at Nokia's environmental affairs unit, said that because there are not a lot of recycled materials in a large quantity, they can’t make it for market consumption.

Apparently, 40 to 60 percent of Nokia’s current phones already use recycled materials.

According to this article, by 2007, Nokia saved over $150 million on material and transportation costs just by going green. Financial gains from going green will persuade other phone companies to go green too.

Even though the motive is green (as in cash), I like the idea that the world will be greener because of it.

Here's the Nokia promo for ReMade. It's a pretty cool looking phone. I just hope I don't break it.