Nokia shares ecologically friendly patents
Nokia has joined IBM, Sony and Pitney Bowes in offering the rights to
environmentally friendly technologies for free.
Called the Eco-Patent Commons, this is a first-of-its-kind effort to
help the environment, making dozens of innovative, environmentally
responsible patents available free of charge.
Nokia has started by donating a patent in an area where there is a lot
of potential to innovate – recycling. The patent outlines how to re-use
the computing power from unwanted mobile phones and transform these
into other electronic items such as data monitoring devices, cameras or
other electronic items that do not have cellular capability.
Further information about the project can be found at World Business
Council for Sustainable Development website at this link
http://www.wbcsd.org/web/epc