Do your bit with carbon off-set handset

OBVIOUSLY AIMING at 'concerned citizens' in the UK, Fones4free.com, an online handset reseller is offering a free 'carbon off-setting' certificate to those signing up to an LG phone contract.

The scheme would normally cost around £135 for 18 months worth of cover - equivalent to reducing an average Brit's emission of 12 tons of carbon per year.

The scheme is run by Climate Care who admit that the "offer does not relate to the [carbon] emission in manufacture or delivery of the handset."

A certificate is issued by Climate Care on behalf of Fones4Free 30 days after a customer signs up for an LG KG320 (aka Noir' handset on contract with Fones4Free.

The mobile comes with a leather cover; 1.3 megapixel camera with flash; and 128 MB of flash memory. Note how Fones4free's picture of the LG320 has wind turbines as a screen - to enhance it's 'Green' credentials.

Climate Care claims it supports a number of carbon reduction projects, such as forest restoration, renewable energy and improving energy efficiency.

The INQ wonders if this will trigger a spate of claims from handset vendors that their production methods cause lower emissions than their rivals. µ

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