The MOTO W233 Renew cell phone is reportedly the world's first cell phone made with the use of recycled plastics from water bottles. Motorola also claims the phone to be 100% recyclable, as well as carbon neutral. The phone has earned Carbonfund.org's CarbonFree Product Certification and Motorola has created an alliance with Carbonfund.org to ensure all carbon dioxide required in creation, distribution, and operation of the phone is offset through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation.
"Today, natural resources, energy and time are more precious than ever before," said Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president, marketing, Motorola mobile devices. "From the product's design, to the packaging to our partnership with Carbonfund.org, we wanted to ensure that this device makes the right impact with consumers and the environment."
When designing the packaging, Motorola was able to reduce its size by 22 percent and the box and all of the materials inside are printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. In addition, a postage-paid recycling envelope in box makes it easy to return your previous mobile phone for recycling at no cost.
The Renew will debut this week at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and is expected to be available in the US through T-Mobile in the first quarter of 2009.
Source: PRWeb
January 6th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
I love the idea! But I don't think that the reason is the price of the resources but rather the free publicity they get by being eco friendly
January 7th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I believe that this was a good idea from Motorola, and this mobile phone looks really great. So this could be a reason to buy such phone, but I think there have to be done some changes to make this phone more attractive for customers. Really great post at all.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Way to go Motorola regardless of their motives. Hopefully more companies pick up this idea and begin making affordable phones that are eco friendly.
January 7th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I totally agree. I wasn't trying to say that it was a bad thing but merely that I didn't fully believe their reason behind it
January 8th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Stefanie, I wondered what is the price will be of this cell phone that made with recycled plastic bottles...?
January 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am
This is great to hear in today world of so unhealthy mobile phones.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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January 9th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Another nice mobile phone that is fully recycleable. Great invention, and hopefully other mobile phone companies would pick up this idea.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Much more companies should pick up this idea. I believe it's the future in mobilephone technology.
January 21st, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I also wonder about the motivation, Mikael!
Wilson, I'm not sure how much it will cost.
February 4th, 2009 at 12:13 am
It's really good to see that Motorola Mobile company started this very Earth Friendly act. Thought it maybe a small act but it will lesser the pollution that we could get from burning water plastic bottles. We'll hope that this will serve as inspiration for other mobile company to start recycling non-biodegradable materials.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:56 am
This is a nice idea from motorola, i think the cellphone looks ok. Though im still going for my HTC diamond touch i bought last week.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:45 am
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April 11th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Well, like i readed alot of your post i wanted to say thank you at least one time.
julie.
May 18th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Very cool phone! I'm curious to see what Apple does with the iPhone as their new computers are becoming more eco-friendly.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Wow! That's very interesting.
NOKIA should also try doing same things as Motorola Company did.
There are many Cellphones now, having different models,
Companies are making more mobile phones to be released.
So recycling is the only way that helps our earth be saved.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I think it's great that phone companies are starting to make these kinds of cellphones. However, it's kind of unnerving because it sometimes seems like they're only doing it to suck us environmentally friendly people into buying the product.