The telecommunications industry is kicking out more phones, more ancillary products and more plasitc products than ever before. Many consumers won’t take the time to recycle older items, so it’s good to know manufacturers see this trend and are doing something about it.
In an ongoing effort to introduce more sustainable devices and accessories, AT&T is introducing the Motorola P793 Back-Up Battery Charger—a portable back-up battery charger from Motorola—that provides extra power to customers who don’t have access to a wall-socket.
The Back-up Battery Charger is compatible with all USB devices by major manufacturers and is the first Motorola Mobility power product or accessory built using 25 percent post-consumer recycled content plastic.
Dual ports on the device allow users to quickly charge two electronic devices at the same time. And this small and lightweight device shuts off automatically once fully charged prolonging lifetime of up to five hours of additional talk time.
Specifications
· 25 percent of the plastic in the external housing of the Motorola P793 Back-Up Battery Charger is made from recycled post-consumer water-cooler bottles.
· The Back-up Battery Charger shuts itself off automatically once fully charged, reducing wasted energy.
· The Back-up Battery Charger is a portable back-up power accessory that is compatible with all USB devices by major manufacturers.
· Retail price: $40
Now back In 2010, AT&T* launched the ZERO Charger which switches itself off also to save energy.
Specifications
· 25 percent of the plastic in the external housing is made from recycled water-cooler bottles.
· Free of brominated flame retardants, polyvinyl chloride and phthalates.
· First product certified CarbonFree® by CarbonFund.org that is being sold by AT&T. Sufficient carbon offsets were purchased to offset the carbon emissions demonstrated by a lifecycle analysis to be required for the manufacturing, transport, use and end-of-life phases of the device.
AT&T’s Environmental Sustainability Initiatives
Recently, AT&T announced plans to introduce new plastic in AT&T-branded accessory packaging, which is comprised of up to 30 percent plant-based materials sourced from ethanol harvested from natural sugarcane.
AT&T also launched the Samsung Evergreen in 2010, a quick messaging device constructed with 70 percent recycled post-consumer plastics, which recently earned Platinum Certification from UL Environment—a leading global science company for meeting UL Environment’s high Sustainable Product Certification standard.
The company collected more than 3.7 million cell phones for reuse and recycling and more than 1.8 million pounds of cell phone batteries and accessories in 2010. The company offers simple, convenient ways to donate old cell phones and accessories with drop-off bins in more than 2,000 company-owned retail stores.
You can also get free, prepaid mailing envelopes in company stores; and postage-paid mailing labels are available via the web site at AT&T Reuse & Recycle.
So, it’s all well and good to keep up as technology zooms into the future guys, but it’s even better to make sure to recycle your old technologies. Stay connected, but stay enviornmentally friendly while you do it guys and gals.
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