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Vodafone Germany Intros Eco-SIMs Made from Recycled Plastic

Vodafone Germany Intros Eco-SIMs Made from Recycled Plastic Image Credit: Vodafone Germany

Vodafone Germany continues to accelerate on the way to climate neutrality with the launch of Eco-SIM that is made from recycled plastic.

The SIM card holders, which were halved in 2020, are now also made from recycled plastic. In this way, the company is now avoiding a further 320 tonnes of plastic annually across the group in addition to the 340 tonnes. In Germany alone, 9.3 million Eco-SIM cards will gradually be introduced in the Vodafone network in the coming financial year. In addition to Germany, eleven other Vodafone European national companies are introducing Eco-SIM, in addition to Egypt, Turkey and South Africa.

There are 8.15 billion SIM cards worldwide . If these were made from recycled plastic, the green SIM card queue could circle the earth almost 9 times.

No plastic is even better than recycled plastic. For this reason , Vodafone introduced the eSIM card back in 2018 . An eSIM is a small chip that is permanently installed in the device and does not require any plastic. 

Since 2020, Vodafone Germany has eliminated all unnecessary plastic and single-use items in all Vodafone retail stores and offices. The Operator has withdrawn single-use plastic bags and removed plastic marketing or promotional materials and replaced them with sustainable alternatives. In Germany alone, 50 tons of plastic can be saved annually.

Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO Vodafone Germany
The switch to 100 percent green electricity, hundreds of tons less waste, greener supply chains and the expansion of our circular economy: We take our self-imposed goal of being climate-neutral by 2025 very seriously. And we are making progress: We have reduced our carbon footprint by 92 percent in the last 12 months. 

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