Cordless Phones are not Sustainable

When you visit someone at their home, do you ever realize what kind of telephone they have?  Do you see if they have an old fashion phone with the thing you swirl to dial?  Or the phones that hang on the wall with long cords to reach all around the house?  Or do they have the more modern day telephone, such as a cordless phone? Today more and more people are buying what is new and big in the market.  But what happens if the newest and latest thing is not the most eco-friendly? 

Households all over are getting ride of their phones with cords and are going cordless.  We live in the United States where we are always extremely busy and on the run.  We like to do a hundred things as one time, so having a cordless makes sense.  We can talk on the phone while doing things around the house. 

However, according to The Daily Green, cordless phones are not sustainable at all.  They are constantly in their charger, which sucks up power 24/7.  Cordless phones use between 2 to 3 watts in both active and stand by modes compared to conventional phones that use only a tiny bit of electricity that comes through the phone line.  Also, conventional phones work when the power goes out in a storm, where as cordless phones do not.  So, save money, electricity and be more sustainable by getting rid of your cordless phone and get a conventional one.  If you like cordless phones more than conventional, then have only one cordless in your house and put conventional phones everywhere else.  If you do get a cordless phone remember to get an Energy-Star rated which indicates it is a high energy efficient phone.

I know that in my household we have always tried having a cordless phone, but they would always die or break somehow.  We use conventional phones and I think they work better than cordless.  Cordless phones are so hard to hear on and you always drop them when your trying to do other things while balancing it between your neck and shoulder.  For me, conventional phones are more convenient and now that I know they use less electricity than cordless I think I will never get a cordless phone.  So next time your out buying a telephone for your house stop and think, which is the better way to go, conventional or cordless?  And hopefully you choose the more eco-friendly telephone.