South Korea’s Samsung is trying to get on the green bandwagon, introducing two new handsets for the Korean and Chinese markets that feature new eco-friendly features and eliminate toxic components.
Both the new W510 and F268 handsets are built using plastics made from corn; in addition, the W510 does not use any heavy metals like cadmium, lead, or mercury (which are environmental hazards when phones are disposed of), and the F268 doesn’t use any polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in its construction. The F268 also features an alarm on its charger so users will know when their phone is fully charged and be able to remove the charger from the wall, eliminating the “trickle waste” of an AC adapter plugged in all the time.
