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Nokia CEO shows off new prototype green Carriers must join emissions trading scheme
phone. or face penalties.
M
obile phone manufacturer Nokia has developed a “green”
phone using recycled materials – but as yet there are no
plans to manufacture it.
The firm’s chief executive, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, showed off the silver
clamshell-shaped handset during his keynote speech at the Mobile
World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
“It really shows what can be done with materials,” he told the audience
of mobile phone industry executives. “It is only a concept now - I cannot
make a phone call - but it gives you an insight into how we think we
can break new ground.”
Nokia, which produced four out of every 10 of the more than a billion
handsets sold worldwide last year, has been developing the product -
Jacques Barrot, EU transport commissioner
branded “Remade” - at its laboratories.
The phone’s corrugated metal casing and flat, touch-sensitive keypad
are made from recycled cans. Nokia said the phone also contained A
irlines in the United States must pay for their CO2 emissions
or face a curb on flights to the European Union, the EU
transport commissioner has warned.
electrical components made from recycled materials.
The “go green” ultimatum was issued by Jacques Barrot as the
Campaigners have become increasingly concerned about the impact transatlantic airline market undergoes its biggest shake-up in 30 years
mobile phones have on the environment. More than three billion people after limits on flights between the EU and US were lifted recently.
worldwide now use mobile phones and, with many replacing them on Barrot said negotiations on a second phase for the treaty, will include
an annual basis, there is huge amount of waste. a demand that US carriers join the EU emissions trading scheme or
an equivalent system in the US.
Although the Remade phone is still only a concept and Nokia has
announced no plans to enter production, one company insider Discussions on a second phase with officials from the US department
commented: “I really do hope we make this.” of transportation begin this month and Barrot said the EU had the
power to withdraw flying rights if a deal is not reached.
Phone facts
“It’s always possible to imagine reducing the number of flights or
suspending certain rights,” he said. The commissioner added that a
2bn
member of the US Congress environment committee believed a deal
people worldwide own a mobile on emissions will be possible once the Bush administration ends.
phone
EU airlines must join the emissions trading scheme in 2012, which
could add up to £13 to the price of a return flight as carriers buy “carbon
105m
credits” to atone for the emissions made during a flight. All airlines flying
handsets are estimated to be
in and out of the EU must subscribe to the scheme, including foreign
discarded in Europe each year
carriers, but the move is opposed by the US.
The International Air Transport Association, which represents more
than 200 international airlines, has warned that 170 countries oppose
>10%
the move and it will result in states taking legal action against Europe
rather than co-operating with it.
of handsets are recycled or reused
Barrot, who is taking temporary charge of negotiations between the
Nicad batteries contain Cadmium, a dangerous toxic and
EU and the US department for homeland security, also criticised
carcinogenic substance
some demands for passenger information. He described as
“excessive” a request for data on all passengers overflying but not
landing in the US.
Old phones that cannot be sent to developing countries can
be recycled and made into new items, including Frisbees and
“I don’t see how we can accept this provision that does not seem
‘sleeping policemen’.
necessary to us,” he said. He added that EU airline passengers are
already strictly vetted before boarding the aircraft.
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