Comments on: Motorola Unveils The World’s First Carbon Neutral Cellphone http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: emmavdkloosterhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-117167 emmavdklooster Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:07:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/#comment-117167 it is important that the green revolution will create a awarenes among people. Off course we have to be critical and ask questions where they must be asked. But thirst of all i am glad there is a GREEN REVOLUTION going on! it is important that the green revolution will create a awarenes among people. Off course we have to be critical and ask questions where they must be asked. But thirst of all i am glad there is a GREEN REVOLUTION going on!

]]> By: vonkiehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-114602 vonkie Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:23:47 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/#comment-114602 Here are a couple of videos to watch on recycling practices. 60 minutes actually did a huge segment on how american recycling companies illegally ship electronics overseas.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JZey9GJQP0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtT2EZ_d3Xkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr1zQrXM_7s&feature=related Here are a couple of videos to watch on recycling practices. 60 minutes actually did a huge segment on how american recycling companies illegally ship electronics overseas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JZey9GJQP0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtT2EZ_d3Xk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr1zQrXM_7s&feature=related

]]> By: vonkiehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-114601 vonkie Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:15:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/#comment-114601 Of course we have to look through a "green" veil to really unmask the so called carbon neutral phones. It mentions it is a "carbon free" cell phone, when in actuality only the housing is "carbon free", we are also merely talking about the material not the material processing which consumes energy as well. Most phone housings today are made of aluminum or ABS plastic (AcrylinitrileButadieneStryrene), aluminum is 100% recyclable, ABS usually has a 15% post-consumer recycled material content. The real problem with electronics is not the plastic, it's the internal electronic parts, these are hard to recycle due to heavy metals and high recycling cost, many of these products are illegally shipped overseas to countries such as India where children burn of plastics in open flame to salvage precious metals. We need to be aware of these things, large companies are not thinking necessarily about responsible design as much as they are committing to the green "hype" in the most minimal way possible. The manual being printed on recycled paper with soy based ink? Every major newspaper does this, it is not new. This product has more to do with clever marketing than with responsible design. Of course we have to look through a “green” veil to really unmask the so called carbon neutral phones. It mentions it is a “carbon free” cell phone, when in actuality only the housing is “carbon free”, we are also merely talking about the material not the material processing which consumes energy as well. Most phone housings today are made of aluminum or ABS plastic (AcrylinitrileButadieneStryrene), aluminum is 100% recyclable, ABS usually has a 15% post-consumer recycled material content. The real problem with electronics is not the plastic, it’s the internal electronic parts, these are hard to recycle due to heavy metals and high recycling cost, many of these products are illegally shipped overseas to countries such as India where children burn of plastics in open flame to salvage precious metals. We need to be aware of these things, large companies are not thinking necessarily about responsible design as much as they are committing to the green “hype” in the most minimal way possible. The manual being printed on recycled paper with soy based ink? Every major newspaper does this, it is not new. This product has more to do with clever marketing than with responsible design.

]]> By: Cleaner Greener Chinahttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-114533 Cleaner Greener China Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:25:34 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/#comment-114533 Very happy to see this product coming to market. I recently interviewed one of my good friends Jon Li from Asentio design about designing innovation in the consumer electronics market. Hopefully there is more to comehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxKL0mbWuAr www.cleanergreenerchina.com Very happy to see this product coming to market. I recently interviewed one of my good friends Jon Li from Asentio design about designing innovation in the consumer electronics market. Hopefully there is more to come

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxKL0mbWuA

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http://www.cleanergreenerchina.com

]]> By: chrisp68http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/comment-page-1/#comment-114532 chrisp68 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:20:53 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/07/motorola-renew-w233-cellphone/#comment-114532 So in the end we will have a mountian of used recycled bottle cell phones, no trees and lots of carbon credits. Such innovation. 1/2 a million per day... that is unreal. And with a $100 per month contract thats about $30K in phone use per person in less than So in the end we will have a mountian of used recycled bottle cell phones, no trees and lots of carbon credits. Such innovation. 1/2 a million per day… that is unreal. And with a $100 per month contract thats about $30K in phone use per person in less than

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