Mobile industry aims for greener phones

I If just a small portion of the world's mobile phone users unplugged their charger when the battery is full, it could save enough electricity to power thousands of homes. So said Nokia Thursday, as it unveiled a new industry group that aims to make mobile phones more environmentally friendly, reports IDG News Service.

"The group also includes Motorola, France Telecom, Vodafone, TeliaSonera and others. It was created as part of a European Commission project aimed at uniting members of different industries to work on reducing the environmental impact of their products.

Members of the new group will try to educate people more about how they can reduce the environmental impact of using their cell phones. For example, manufacturers will start displaying a reminder on phones to unplug chargers once the battery is charged. If only 10% of phone users did that, they would save enough energy to power 60,000 European homes each year, Nokia estimates."

emily | 4:17 PM | News, Buzz |
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2006/09/013607.htm