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hothardware.com - 8/14/2008

Samsung's New Eco-Friendly Cell Phone

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While the international press and Olympic athletes complain about the environmentally-unfriendly air quality in Beijing, Samsung plans to bring a little green to the games today with its new E200 Eco bioplastic cell phone. Unlike traditional plastics, which are derived from (non-renewable) petroleum-based products, bioplastics are derived from (renewable) biological sources, such as corn. ...

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Engadget:  Samsung debuts corn-based E200 Eco cellphone

Engadget Mobile:  Samsung debuts corn-based E200 Eco cellphone

TheCellFreak.com's blog:  Why would a phone be made of corn?

Phones Review:  E200 Eco environmentally friendly mobile phone from Samsung

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Samsung debuts corn-based E200 Eco cellphone
Engadget — ... and MP3 player functionality, but the company is hoping that folks will take notice of it for another reason: its casing is made of corn. Or, more specifically, a corn-based bioplastic, which has some drawbacks of its own but is becoming more and more commonly used these days. No word on a release 'round these parts just yet, but the phone (which also comes in packaging made from recycled materials) will be available in Europe sometime next month. [Via HotHardware] ...

Samsung debuts corn-based E200 Eco cellphone
Engadget Mobile — ... and MP3 player functionality, but the company is hoping that folks will take notice of it for another reason: its casing is made of corn. Or, more specifically, a corn-based bioplastic, which has some drawbacks of its own but is becoming more and more commonly used these days. No word on a release 'round these parts just yet, but the phone (which also comes in packaging made from recycled materials) will be available in Europe sometime next month. [Via HotHardware] ...

Why would a phone be made of corn?
TheCellFreak.com's blog — ... that at least in theory is more biodegradable and friendly to the enviroment. It also comes in a package made of recycled materials and had a 1.3 Mega-Pixel camera - which doesn't really have anything to do with recycling but I guess you can take pictures of recycling. Anyway, the phone is being ear-marked for the European market, but could come out in America when the goverment realizes that there are other ways to drive up world grain prices besides just subsidizing Ethanol. Via [image]

E200 Eco environmentally friendly mobile phone from Samsung
Phones Review — ... other mobile phone companies are also using bioplastics in their consumer electronics, companies such as NEC and Nokia. Nokia also is planning to reduce the amount of toxic materials in their batteries, and in doing so”in markets like the US, Nokia encloses a pre-addressed, postage-paid envelope in sales packs, providing customers an easy method for returning used products for recycling, at no cost to them.” Image via here Source – hothardware ...