Samsung Uses Ink in Intensity II Packaging

Samsung has used soy ink as part of its packaging for its new mobile phone handset Intensity II. According to cnet.com, the printer ink maker's decision to use soy ink is part of an attempt to move into more eco-friendly ways of working.

Alongside using soy ink and recycled paper as part of the packaging for the device, the new model is also made from recycled plastic, and its battery cover is extracted from 35 per cent post-consumer materials.

Users can even take advantage of the tool's handy eco-calculator. With this one can keep tabs on car mileage, fuel efficiency and get a carbon dioxide emission reading. The device also has a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a music player, and GPS.

Printer ink is increasingly being put to interesting and varied uses. This month a graphic designer used printer ink to help develop hip-hop themed wrapping paper, or Rapping Paper. Printer ink cartridges maker Epson has used printer ink in its development of a replica of the Acura/Honda NSX Super GT race car.
 
Posted by Jamie Foster.