The “North American Green Carrier” study conducted by ABI Research demonstrated that Canadian wireless carriers still lag behind American carriers when it comes to going green with cell phones. The American counterparts ranked highest included AT&T in 1st, followed by Sprint and then Verizon. TELUS came in 5th, followed by Rogers in 6th and finally Bell in 7th. The rankings were based on efforts to lower energy consumption, the availability of green network equipment/cell phones and the ability of carriers to recycle used cell phone parts.
TELUS ranked higher than Rogers and Bell because they already have published data about decreased energy consumption in their buildings and have already measured their carbon efficiency. The study shows that Canadian carriers will need to focus more on recycling mobile phones as well as implementing new strategies to lower energy consumption throughout their respective wireless networks.
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??? Wow. I dont think any company on the planet cranking out items as fast as Cell Phone companies do can possibly be green. One may be a tiny bit greener than the next, or even quite a bit, but thats not saying anything.
Its like Ford saying their cars are greener overall than anoyone elses ( its just an example, I have no idea whats Fords real status is). Sorry but if your car has a gas tank, it isnt worth anything, and isnt green in ANY way that counts when trying to save the planet (Assuming we even are).