Even though Nokia unveiled the Remade, a phone made from recycled materials this past February, the director of Nokia's environmental affairs unit says consumers won't actually be able to purchase such phones for a few years yet. However, now that everybody seems to be going green and seeking ways to make their lifestyle more eco-friendly, the demand for these types of products is exptected to grow significantly.

"We believe it will become a competitive factor," Markus Terho, a director at Nokia's environmental affairs unit, told a news conference.

"It's a few years away," Terho said, adding that recycled materials already accounted for 40-60 percent of the metal parts in Nokia's current phones.

An insufficient quantity of recycled materials was cited as the reason for the delay of the phones hitting the market, however the company has introduced green measures, such as reducing their packaging in 2006.

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