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Like lambs to the slaughterhouse: Nokia 6010, Motorola RAZR nab most-recycled titles

by Chris Ziegler, posted Nov 24th 2008 @ 5:52PM


While it's cool that owners of the venerable Nokia 6010 and Motorola RAZR are forward-thinking enough to be recycling their unwanted, ancient handsets en masse, we've actually got a question for Nokia and Moto here: is this a title you're proud of? Seems like a double-edged sword since your models are getting tossed by the thousands, but hey, at least they're being tossed in an ethical way. Phone recycling firm ReCellular reports that the 6010 and the V3 (along with LG's VX4500) are the most commonly-recycled handsets of the moment -- pretty amazing when you think that the original RAZR was $500 on contract when it first launched, and now it's getting scrapped for traces of precious metal. How the mighty have fallen, eh?

Nokia's "Remade" concept is all waste -- no, seriously

by Chris Ziegler, posted Feb 13th 2008 @ 9:52AM


Nokia's been putting quite a focus on contributing to a greener, healthier world as of late -- still running off the high of winning Greenpeace's praise, perhaps -- and its latest concept, unveiled at MWC, takes the commitment to an extreme. The "Remade" phone is exactly that: a handset made entirely of recycled stuff. The case and keypad are fashioned from tossed cans, for example, and apparently, even the electrical components (never mind that the Remade can't actually place a call in its current incarnation) are entirely reused. No plans have been revealed to produce the Remade or anything quite like it, but the way Nokia's going -- and the way we're throwing away tin cans -- we wouldn't be surprised if it happened down the road.

Recycle old cellphones and get paid for it

by Donald Melanson, posted May 17th 2006 @ 10:50PM

Cellphone users in the United Kingdom now have a more envrionmentally-friendly means of disposing of old cellphones, thanks to a new service from Envirofone that'll give you cash for trading them in. To get rid of your phone you just check Envirofone's website to see what they'll give you for it and then drop it in the mail. The company will even provide as many pre-paid envelopes as you need if you've got a huge stash of handsets. The phones are then re-distributed to places around the world where they can be re-used or are otherwise recycled. No word on if the program will be expanded outside the U.K anytime soon.

[Via CoolSmartPhone.com]




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