Okay, we admit getting rid of old cell phones is a problem. There are a few good places that can recycle an old phone, and inoperable cells sent in on SquareTrade warranty claims are squeezed for all they're worth (after we pay out the customer in cash, naturally), but how about a phone made from recycled material?
That's the idea behind the Nokia Remade, a concept flip-phone making the rounds at the MWC this week. Made entirely using pre-existing and "upcycled" material. The guts are borrowed from other electronics, the case and buttons used to be Pepsi cans and plastic bottles, rubber pads are repurposed from car tires. The screen and circuits even use printed electronics to keep it green.
It's thin to the point where it comes off as flimsy, and it doesn't actually work at the moment (maybe they couldn't find an eco-friendly battery to run it), but as a pure concept piece, the Remade is pretty damn spiffy. Tough to say if this is going to become the prevailing manufacturing drive of tomorrow, but we won't be shocked if at least some of these ideas don't find their way into the next generation of electronics... and we don't just mean cell phones.
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