Mobile phones are actually a pretty easy item to green up; good thing since so many folks have them. Here are some tips.

• Literally get a greener phone. Eco-friendly cells aren’t totally common (yet) but you do have some options like the Sony Ericsson Green Heart line (shown above) for example. See more green cell phone choices.
• Consider ditching the land line. Why use energy to run a land line and have a phone that requires energy and materials to make if it’s unnecessary? Can you live with just a cell phone? Probably – I have for over four years and nothing terrible has come of it.
• Upgrade only when necessary. It’s silly to get a new phone if your old phone works just fine. If you must upgrade donate your phone to an organization that could use it. Also consider upgrading to a refurb phone vs. new.
• If you’ve got an iPhone bling it up with some hyper cool green applications.
• Consider an eco-friendly mobile carrier. There are very few of these carriers around but you might want to check out Credo and Earth Tones.
• Unplug your phone charger when your phone is not charging. You can also try a cool solar and wind cell phone charger.
• Obviously once your cell phone has seen better days make sure to recycle it when you upgrade.

[image via Sony Ericsson]

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Green your cell phone