Monday, July 27th, 2009 | Author: matthew
How to Make Your Cell Phone use Green
It’s a fact that there are ‘greener’ things than cell phones. But for most of us, smoke signals and tin can telephones just don’t get the job done anymore. But don’t fret! There are a few easy steps that everyone can take to make their mobile phone use as ecologically friendly as possible.
- Always unplug your cell phone charger when it’s not being used! Leaving your charger plugged in wastes energy and costs you money. I know almost nobody that follows this advice, and until a few months ago I had never even considered how chargers not is use would waste energy.
- Only charge your phone when the battery is almost completely dead. New phone batteries can last up to a week without needing to be charged. Don’t get into the habit of charging your cell phone every night even though it may not need it.
- Dispose of your cell phone battery properly! Even though most cell phone batteries aren’t the most hazardous substances on the planet, that still doesn’t mean you should throw them in the old bonfire. Because of The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation there is a location near you that will accept your old cell phone batteries for recycling.
- Consider buying a solar cell phone charger. No matter what brand of cell phone you have there is brand of solar cell phone charger that will work for you. Solaris makes a brand of charger that will work with almost any phone including the iPhone. Xcite makes a similarly useful charger. SolLight makes a charger specifically for the iPhone.
- Take steps to prolong your cell phone battery life. Hold down the ‘#’ key and lock your cell phone. Use the ‘tools’ section of your phone’s menu to minimize the amount of time the back light is on. If possible, minimize the brightness of the back light. These are just a few steps you can take.
These are just a few ideas that I use to prevent energy waste. What else do you do to make your phone use green? Leave your ideas in the comments!
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Thursday, 30. July 2009
Great post, we must care of our environment, we cannot let others to contamine our planet…
Friday, 31. July 2009
… and when you are done with your cell phone – don´t leave it somewhere for the “next generation”, check the website of your mobile phone provider, usually you can send it back and they will recycle your old mobile phone…
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Tuesday, 4. August 2009
Yeah it is good that also communication industry is going green. We should all be aware of the consequences of not living eco friendly. The green nature starts in our home.
Tuesday, 4. August 2009
Great advice – it’s little things like this that can make the difference!
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Tuesday, 4. August 2009
Very good post. The first tip is one that is almost always overlooked. Any electronic device will consume some power if left plugged in even if not being used. Cell phone chargers, TV’s, DVD players, video game systems etc, should be unplugged until ready to be used. In some households it can make a substantial difference on the electric bill.
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Wednesday, 5. August 2009
I am like the one who doesn’t unplug the cellphone charger when it’s not in used! haha….but thanks for the great tips here. Sometimes I am just too lazy to unplug it tho…
Friday, 7. August 2009
Knew about the unplug charger…but thanks, didn’t know about the solar batteries and giving the names there.
Thanks.
Tuesday, 11. August 2009
I always set my phone to stand by automatically when i don’t use it, but how exactly is the charger consuming power when i don’t have my phone in it? I know, I leave the charger plugged, but I disconnect my phone from it, of course. Is the charger still consuming power?
Tuesday, 11. August 2009
Kelly – I’m not sure exactly how the charger is consuming power when the phone is disconnected, but it is. The U.S. Department of Energy actually made a commercial discussing the phenomenon
Thursday, 13. August 2009
Phone chargers use a tiny amount of energy. Leaving one plugged in for a whole year will waste about 2 KW-hours of electricity. Most homes use about 12 KW-hours per day. (In the UK, 2 KW-hours of electricity costs about 20 pence, so obviously not a great drain).
Thursday, 13. August 2009
Mike – Maybe that’s true, but you have to think about the number of people that leave their cellphone chargers plugged in when not charging. I’d guess over 95% of people don’t unplug their chargers. That would mean hundreds of million of chargers are left plugged in wastefully. That adds up to a lot of wasted energy.
Tuesday, 18. August 2009
nice post, I just found out that leaving the charger plugged when not charging could waste energy.. i do it all the time !! well, no more then.. thanks
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Tuesday, 18. August 2009
Matthew – It’s always easy to multiply a very small number by a very big one and come up with something that sounds significant. The real issue is, if my phone charger use is 0.01% of my total energy use, then multiplying by millions of people with the same ratio of waste-to-energy use still gives 0.01% of waste. It is so small that we need to ignore it and look for more effective ways of dealing with the real problem. We are fatally distracted by trivia. The problem is huge. Micro-management is no solution.
Saturday, 22. August 2009
didn’t know that there are solar cell phone charger. thx for th e info
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Sunday, 23. August 2009
Hmmm, thanks for your advice. sometime i forgot to unplug my cell phone charger, and my cell phone was charge more than 3 hours
Don’ t do this at home!
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Tuesday, 25. August 2009
Great post! I like to turn off my cell phone for periods of time when I’m not expecting a call. It saves energy and it also is peaceful and allows you to focus on a task!
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