French operator Orange will display environmental ratings for both fixed and mobile phones on its Web site and retail stores starting this month.
The initiative, part of a partnership with WWF-France, will display 5 categories of information on the environmental impact of phones for consumers.
“Orange and WWF France have opted to evaluate the environmental performance of […]

By Pamela Perez, CommsDay
Nokia has introduced automated kiosks across the central Klang Valley of Malaysia in order to get people to recycle their mobile phones.
According to a survey conducted by Nokia, only 3% of people recycle their mobile phones, as very few even think about or have an idea how to recycle phones they […]

Three more companies have joined the eco-patent commons initiative to compile a set of environmentally beneficial intellectual properties for public use. The three new members, Xerox, Dupont and Bosch, announced their contributions to the commons last week as part of their membership.
Xerox contributed a technology that reduces the time and cost of removing hazardous waste

By CommsDay
Just 3% of subscribers recycle their handsets, according to a new survey by Nokia. Three out of four respondents admitted they don’t consider recycling when upgrading to a new phone and nearly half said they didn’t even know recycling was an option.
Activists have grown increasingly concerned about the fate of discarded handsets on fears […]

Korea Telecom revealed a three-stage green management roadmap that will drive sustainability at the corporate level as well as explore growth opportunities with green solutions and renewable energy generation by 2012.
According to the Korea Times newspaper, KT’s will adopt sustainability measures, raise awareness, secure eco-friendly technologies and adapt of international accords on climate change in […]

By Sonia Han, CommsDay
Green IT is starting to become increasingly important in the Asia Pacific region, having already been put on the agenda by CIOs in Europe and North America. Green IT will be seen increasingly as part of an overall business strategy of “triple bottom line” - profit, social and environmental impact, according to […]

A new survey by Greenpeace to find ‘green’ electronic devices available on the market in 2007 yield overwhelmingly disappointing results, with only three out of 37 products tested scoring higher than then the half way mark of 5 out of 10 possible points, with the highest score from all the products maxing out at 5.3 […]

A team at the world’s biggest handset maker Nokia has developed a new model made entirely of recycled materials.

The “remade” was unveiled at the GSM World Congress in Barcelona in early February and is constructed of 100% used materials. Recycled plastics