Biodegradable cellphone casing

Not that we've ever actually been able to bring ourselves to throw out or recycle any of our old useless gadgets, which are piling up around the house (it's so hard to part with them, anyone else have this problem?), but we might not feel so bad about it in the future. Researchers at the University of Warwick in Britain have been working with PVACC Research & Development on biodegradable cellphone casings that disintegrate when composted. They also embed a little surprise into each casing—a seed that won't germinate until you recycle the phone. Damn hippies.

[Via textually.org]