Nokia: Green phones still a few years away

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) like most of today’s modern companies cares about the environment, but says green phones are still a few years away. According to the company’s director of Environmental affairs unit Markus Terho, being an eco-friendly will become “a competitive factor.” As an example he said that by introducing smaller packages in early 2006, Nokia saved 100 million euros ($158.5 million) on transport and material costs by end of 2007.

However due such problems as lack of availability of recycled materials in very large scale, it would take some time before such phones could reach the market. Still, Nokia is doing the best they can, with recycled materials already accounting for 40-60 percent of the metal parts in their current phones. In addition, they support mobile phone recycling programs and from time to time surprise us either with a concept (Remade) or a real eco-friendly device like their 3110 model.

[Via: Reuters]