{"id":4190,"date":"2009-02-17T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T16:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4190"},"modified":"2009-02-17T10:10:23","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T16:10:23","slug":"standardized-cell-phone-chargers-are-on-their-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/standardized-cell-phone-chargers-are-on-their-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Standardized Cell Phone Chargers are on Their Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s always seemed silly to me that all cell phones can’t use the same charger. Silly and wasteful. That may be changing. Bloomberg<\/a> reports that mobile phone manufacturers and operators “will develop a standardized handset charger to save money and energy.”<\/p>\n The new chargers will use 50 percent less energy and cut the number made each year by half, lowering greenhouse gases from making and transporting them by 13.6 million tonnes to 21.8 million tonnes. So far, 17 companies are involved, including Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.\u2019s 3 Group, AT&T Inc.<\/a>, Motorola Inc., France Telecom SA\u2019s Orange, Qualcomm Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Telefonica SA and Deutsche Telekom AG\u2019s T-Mobile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Why has it taken so long for this idea to get implemented? It’s so simple. It’s so smart. It makes so much sense.<\/p>\n