Nokia has been leading the way in the greener phones market for a while now, and in a recent move, has opted to put an end to unnecessary wastage by scrapping the charger that comes with the N79 (dubbed the N97 Eco) when you buy it online, meaning minimal packaging and plenty of green points for Nokia (which should keep them at the green end of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics). Nokia will also be donating £4 of each phone sold to WWF, the global conservation organisation.
This seems like a sensible move to me, as I know I personally own three chargers and have no need to accumulate new ones.
It's CES this week, which means fewer tech bods in the office, twitter crashing under the strain of a rush of gadget news tweets and lots of companies trying to out-do each other over their claims to greenness.
One of those companies is LG, which has installed a solar charging station at the event in the shape of a pyramid. Oh the things they'll do to get into Greenpeace's good books...
Our techy friends over at Shiny Shiny reckon we're going to be seeing *a lot* of environmentally friendly gadgetry this year and to get the ball rolling, here's the MOTO W233 Renew from Motorola (could this move be a sign that they're trying to get out of the red zone in the Greenpeace guide to greener electronics, I wonder?)
So what's green about this phone? First, its outer casing is made from our old friend the PET bottle; a selling-point that might not immediately grab those seeking the must-have handset of the moment, but novelty seekers will be impressed to learn that this is the first time recycled bottles have been used in phone technology. And if being kind to the environment ranks pretty high in your books and getting "the quality you expect from a Motorola device while empowering you to reduce your carbon footprint" sounds befitting to your lifestyle, this could be a smart mobile option.
The rate at which our gagdet bloggers draw my attentino to greener products has shot up dramatically this year, and it's really encouraging to see how the tech and entertainment industry is greening up its act.
Only today, Zara over at Shiny Shiny spotted these speakers, and seems to have been rather taken with them: "They look like something a bored origami artist might have created, and I think the cardboard looks rather retro", she says. They're compatible with any device which works off a 3.5mm jack and are created out of 70% recycled material. And you NEVER need batteries either. A great gift idea for anyone who likes music on the go.
This is the 'Universal Charger', which O2 will be selling in its high street shops. It kills two birds with one stone - firstly the annoyance of trying to find the right charger on some dodgy market stall if you happen to lose yours, and secondly, the annoyance of not being able to charge your phone in someone else's house.
O2's also touting the energy-efficient nature of the device. It consumes 70 percent less power than a standard mobile phone charger, and meets the strict energy efficient guidelines of the US Energy Star rating system. If every single phone in use in the UK was charged with one of these, it would save the country nearly £31.4 million, and cut the carbon emissions of the equivalent of 36,000 cars.
Whether you're planning on hiring a tree, growing your own or making one out of books, a tree without lights just isn't a Christmas tree. Traditional lights guzzle a lot of electricity, but a far greener solution is to buy a set of lights made from low energy LEDs.
Will this cost you a fortune? While LED lights used to cost a bomb, the situation is changing as the technology improves.
Read on for the best deals on LED Christmas lights
I've been banging on about Asus's trend-setting bamboo laptop for ages now, but it wasn't until this week that Shiny Towers finally got to play host to this long-awaited PC.
Tech Digest's Duncan had a play, and gives his views in the video below.
Nokia has been leading the way in the greener phones market for a while now, and in a recent move, has opted to put an end to unnecessary wastage by scrapping the charger that comes with the N79 (dubbed the N97 Eco) when you buy it online, meaning minimal packaging and plenty of green points for Nokia (which should keep them at the green end of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics). Nokia will also be donating £4 of each phone sold to WWF, the global conservation organisation. 
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