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Greenpeace cracks down on gaming giants' e-garbage

Posted Dec 12, 2007 at 4:01PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Greenpeace, Microsoft, Sony

The environmental enthusiasts of Greenpeace have kick-started a new campaign for the next-generation front, after its efforts in Mac, PC, laptop, and mobile phone battlefield sallied forth to improving levels of cleanliness. Now Sony Computer Entertainment, Microsoft Game Studios, and Nintendo Company Ltd. are next on Greenpeace's list, and it's time for the big three to start taking their trash out.

The Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii have parts similar to computers and thus also are manufactured with the older non-Greenpeace compliant compounds formerly found in the most unclean of computer hardware. Hazardous chemicals and compounds found in those components have been reduced by giants Apple, Lenovo, and DELL, so Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are also expected to conform to the same levels of cleanliness.

Of all three, Sony (the entirety and not just SCE) is the most noted in Greenpeace's books, for the consumer electronics giant is already ahead on managing the turnover of obsolete electronics hardware and its reuse. Unfortunately, it doesn't bode well for the company's toxic usage, because Sony is right on par with Nintendo and Microsoft's levels of electronic component toxicity.

So it would appear that a new race is in place for the next-generation consoles, and this time it doesn't depend on sales, profit, or technical specs. Promo vid follows below, but try not to watch it while downing a beverage.

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Too bad Greenpeace is a goddamn terrorist group, or I might actually give a flying rat's ass about the waste problem. Also, who the hell is throwing away their game systems? I think this a bigger problem than some damn chemicals.

Apparently, out there right now, there are people throwing away game consoles! We have to stop this!

*rolling eyes*

# ***** you — Payka 2007-12-13 03:23

you're ignorance astounds me

# unbelievable — shabghai360 2007-12-13 03:39

So the good news that gamers are at home playing games and not

tearing up the countryside on motorbikes

not dumping McDonalds plastic refuse everywhere outside but in a bin in their homes

not unleashing havoc by trowing batteries away everywhere as our console use an electrical socket or rechargeable battery for handhelds.

Gamers are not out farting in the streets and not throwing their consoles out of the window.

By the way in Many european countries greenpeace seem to have forgotten that we pay a special tax on electrical items when we purchase them. This tax is for the safe disposal of them??? In Holland its called a verwijderings belasting and has been in place longer than these consoles have been built.

Greenpeace go spend money to clean the planet rather than spend money to tell us we are dangerous.

# WHAT.....THE.......HECK.........? — The Obsidian 2007-12-13 03:58

Man thats a weird video!!

# anybody? — Billie 2007-12-13 06:00

Seriously, who does throw away their game consoles???

# Greenpeace — Nevers 2007-12-13 07:49

... forgets a lot of things. Civility for one. I agree that this world is being pooped on by us but there are way bigger fish to fry. Did Jack T. all of a sudden join the Greenies...

funny vid though. Love when Mario poos the shroom.

# PREPARE YOURSELF — FreePlay 2007-12-13 10:22

INCOMING TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT

# An advice from above. — -God- 2007-12-13 13:26

This a completely inane campaign. Who throws away there video game consoles?

# Payka — Stealth! 2007-12-13 13:34

Your idiocy astounds me.

Yeah i mean who would throw away consoles, i still have SNE, SEGA and Atari in my house. As well as every other system i bought, there relics in my eye and some were the best systems in those days. Dreamcast anyone.

I remember reading an article about recycling your PS2 and they will turn it into a real pen for you. Sounds cool though. Im not going to sell my PS2 though.

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