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HelpSony Ericsson are not following the flock when it comes to making a green phone, according to an interview with Head of Sustainability Mats Pellbäck-Scharp up on Omio.
Rather than going down the solar panel route on a single handset like Samsung with the Blue Earth or LG’s newest planet-saving device, Sony Ericsson are pushing the GreenHeart initiative which showcases innovative methods such as e-manuals and energy saving phone chargers.
He in fact says that the effort and energy consumed adding solar panels to a handset in production is not actually offset by it’s usage, actually doing more harm than good!
Instead Sony Ericsson has been making great steps over the last ten years including using not using hazardous materials such as bromine and PVC in all their phones, making a much bigger difference to the world than a single eco-conscious device.
GreenHeart will be launched by a single handset in the first half of 2009, with a view to rolling out these environmentally aware changes across the entire portfolio in the future.
Agreed!
Sony Ericsson still on the top list of green company according to Greenpeace!
Agreed!
Sony Ericsson still on the top list of green company according to Greenpeace!
“the effort and energy consumed adding solar panels to a handset in production is not actually offset by it’s usage”
They do have the right point… But everyting in mobile technology (or just technology) has consumed more of everything initially but later on things get much more efficient… Today more effort and energy might be consumed than saved but in future the effort and energy consumed might be much much less and much much more might be saved…
“the effort and energy consumed adding solar panels to a handset in production is not actually offset by it’s usage”
They do have the right point… But everyting in mobile technology (or just technology) has consumed more of everything initially but later on things get much more efficient… Today more effort and energy might be consumed than saved but in future the effort and energy consumed might be much much less and much much more might be saved…
That is also true. He did say that solar power is viable when solar cells become good enough to payback the environmental cost of producing them. But he believes that they are not at that stage now.
That is also true. He did say that solar power is viable when solar cells become good enough to payback the environmental cost of producing them. But he believes that they are not at that stage now.
What is the whole concept of an energy saving phone charger?Does that mean it completely works on the principle of solar panel?
What is the whole concept of an energy saving phone charger?Does that mean it completely works on the principle of solar panel?
to date, solar panels which generate more than 100Watts are still expensive but hopefully they are getting cheaper each day _