Wednesday, March 17, 2010

We:Recycle; Recycle a phone, Adopt a tree

I have read about this great idea by Nokia to recycle old mobile phones.
They have a catchy phrase for this campaign which is called We:recycle; Recycle a phone, Adopt a tree. All you need to do is just drop your old phone in one of their many kiosk (Bottom) and they will do all the dirty work of disposing it for you.
If that is not rewarding enough, you'll get to adopt a tree as well. The adopted tree will be planted in Indonesia and the location (latitude and longitude) will be given to you so that you can use Google Earth to monitor its growth. You can even dedicate this tree to any of your love ones or pets and watch it grows! How awesome is that? You can read more from Nokia's website http://www.nokia.com.my/nokia-care-kiosk but I've kindly summarized most of it below.

Recycle your phone in 5 easy steps.
Drop off any make and model phone, battery, or charger.
Step 1: Select "Recycling" on the screen.
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Step 2: Slot in your MyKad or input your personal details.
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Step 3: Collect the printed Barcode sticker and apply it onto your phone or accessory.
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Step 4: Place your item with barcode sticker into the Recycling slot.
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Step 5: Collect the receipt and have a great day!
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Adopt a tree with Nokia
NEWtrees, a joint-venture between WWF, Nokia and Equinox Publishing, aims to replant trees in the Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan. This innovative replanting project provides a novel way for anyone to participate by tagging selected trees with their names and monitoring its growth through geotags (trees labelled with precise map co-ordinates).
How can you be a part of this?
Step 1: First of all, you need to install Google Earth. Click here to install this software.
Step 2: Save this file to your computer.
Step 3: Double-click the file to launch Google Earth.
Step 4: In Google Earth, expand the NokiaTakeBack folder, and rename a tree to claim it.
Now you can monitor your adopted tree real-time, anytime.

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