Recycled Mobile Phones - Still a Few Years Away

Mobile phones made predominantly from recycled components are still several years away, , a senior official at Nokia said last week. Markus Terho, a director at Nokia's environmental affairs unit, told a news conference that he expects so called "green phones" will become a "competitive factor," in the future though.

"It's a few years away," Terho said, noting though that recycled materials already accounted for 40-60 percent of the metal components within Nokia's mobile phones.

He pointed out that environmental improvements also can lead to cost savings - citing the introduction of smaller packaging for mobile phones in early 2006. Nokia saved around US$160 million on transport and material costs by end of 2007 from that decision.

Posted to the site on 13th April 2008