Motorola world’s first carbon neutral phone is “GREEN” with envey!

January 20th, 2009 |

Green products populated CES this year, as many companies wanted to show off how they would cut down their carbon footprint.

Motorola, Inc. was off and running with their MOTO W233 Renew lime green mobile phone with basic features.

The outer casing on the phone is made of plastic from recycled water bottles and 100 percent recyclable, but it is also the world’s first carbon neutral phone.
The device’s smaller size takes 20 percent less energy to create compared to many other phones, and it even comes with an envelope to send in your old phone for recycling.

MOTO W233 Renew delivers the quality you expect from a Motorola device while empowering you to reduce your carbon footprint. Not only is the plastic housing of Renew made from plastics comprised of recycled water bottles

Features include 2GB memory, nine hours of talk time, a music player but no camera or internet browsing capability. Come on Motorola, these features are basic to how we use other mobile phones today.

Through an alliance with Carbonfund.org, Motorola offsets the carbon dioxide required to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation. The phone has earned Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree® Product Certification after an extensive product life-cycle assessment.

Renew will first be available at T-Mobile USA in Q1 2009. No price has been set yet.

Photo Credit: Roy Bassave/GadgetsAndGifts4U.com