Green Phones From BT January 24, 2008
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BT wants us all saving energy. It also wants us to do it by buying its new series of planet-friendly phones.
The first series in BT’s £2m drive to become more energy efficient are DECT cordless phones and include the BT Graphite 1500 with answering machine, BT Graphite 1100, BT Freestyle 610 and BT Freestyle 650 with answering machine.
The company has promised that more than 90% of its phones will be more energy efficient by July 2008 and that it won’t charge extra for the privilege. How nice.
The new handsets have power units that draw half the power of current units. According to BT, replacing its fixed line and DECT phones with these new models will reduce CO2 emissions by 195,000 tonnes in the next three years – the same as taking 57,000 cars off the road for a year. The advantage to our collective pockets will be a cool £39m reduction in electricity bills.
Gavin Patterson, BT group managing director, Consumer said: “BT has continued to address environmental concerns by launching phones that consume approximately half the electricity of previous models; this will make a major contribution to the reduction of CO2 emissions.
David Jackson, buyer at Argos added: “These phones are a simple, affordable solution to help customers reduce their electricity consumption and reduce their carbon footprint.”
You can get the green phones at Argos and BT.-Martin Lynch
[BT]
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Comments
What about the carbon cost of replacing existing phones with these. Yet another marketing con in the name of CO2 reduction!!
The point of greener appliances is that you do not scrap a working unit just so you replace it with a greener one. You are supposed to be green when you really need to replace one that is broken. From that point on, less energy is required to run such appliances.