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If you’re one of those people who still have a bulky answering machine hanging around, it’s time to upgrade to a greener phone message choice. Answering machines are plugged in all the time, thus wasting energy. Answering machines take resources to build and ship, plus, it’s just one more thing to clutter your counter. Skip the answering machine and have your phone service set up with voicemail.

In most cases, voicemail is more dependable than an answering machine, and in all cases voicemail will save you (and the earth) energy.