Photos: Recycling the mobile mountain

By Andrew Donoghue on 05 April 2006
NEC has developed the world's first commercially available mobile with a biodegradable cover â€" created out of plant materials from corn and kenaf, a relative of the hibiscus plant. Scientists make the corn into bio-plastics and add kenaf fibres to make the plastic stronger, tougher and more heat resistant. Hopefully this means the cover won't start to break down during everyday use, only when it's buried.

Credit: ZDNet UK

Topics: mobile, phone, biodegradable, recycle, zdnet, feather, circuit, fibre, boards, cover

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  • virendra pal commented on 25/01/2007 17:54 Report abuse

    in our word mobile has been coommon and most use ful but now days peple need technologiyas mobile handset

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