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Greenpeace uses PS3, Xbox 360, Wii as stop-motion spokespersons for greener consoles

Posted Jul 20, 2009 at 7:37PM EST by Mabie A.

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

What better way to get to the consoles manufacturing companies than to make video ads of their precious consoles being disassembled and re-forming to create a "spokesperson" against toxic waste in consoles? Environmental NGO Greenpeace has just upped the pressure on Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo to drop the use of toxic substances on their products, and we can all watch it as it happens.

Said Greenpeace in their official blog site:

It's been almost two years since Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony were added to the Guide to Greener Electronics, Nintendo has just struggled past the 1/10 mark, Microsoft has a feeble 2.5 and Sony has tumbled down to 4.5. So, what's up? Don't they care about the toxic chemicals in their consoles - or do they just need a bigger shove in the right direction?

The post then revealed that Microsoft is already promising to drop the toxic substances like brominated flame retardants and PVC plastic from the Xbox 360 hardware, but Greenpeace will have to wait till 2011 to see if this will actually be carried out. The date they've commit ed to phase out the use of several substances such as Brominated Flame Retardants and Phtalates is by December 31, 2010. Happy new year to all.

Nintendo, for its part, has also promised the same thing, albeit with an open date. As for Sony, well that's quite a different matter altogether.

See, Sony had already dropped these chemical products from their other products, like the Vaio laptop. However, it has expressed clearly that they have no plans of dropping them from the PlayStation line -- at all. Taunted Greenpeace, "Do Sony laptop users deserve less chemicals than PlayStation gamers?"

It is probably understandable why Greenpeace is suddenly wary of Sony's green-keeping moves. After all, it was only last March that Greenpeace released the latest version of the Guide to Greener Electronics, and Sony was declared as the "greenest console manufacturer". At that time, Sony scored a 5.5 out of 10, the highest among the three manufacturers, and today, it has indeed "tumbled down" to 4.5.

So far, Apple is leading the pack squeaky clean getting its seal of approval from the environmental group. If you want to check out the stop motion videos of Greenpeace, you'd want to click on this link here.

Have a look-see. It's quite fascinating.

Via Greenpeace

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......Actually, it's funny how Sony's given the 'bad rap' again in the article above. They are the BEST performer of the three console manufacturers when it comes to toxic chemicals, but you have to read carefully through the whole thing to get that out of it. And, I certainly don't blame them for telling Greenpeace, "No dice" for now. If you were just graded 5.5 about 4 months ago, and then they now make the regulations stricter (so that you fall a point with the same hardware), and then you're asked, "What are you gonna' do about it?" ..... Well, I think anyone would probably say, "Shove it." ---And QJ: what in the world does Apple have to do with this article? You might as well include Toshiba, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, etc. Last I checked, Apple doesn't make a game console. So, 'good for them' that their fancy specific-use overpriced hardware is "green"; it has nothing to do with how console manufacturers are doing on that front.

# I'm going to make a new console — poopoopilot 2009-07-21 07:36

called the Mii and it's going to be as egotistical as it gets. Instead of plugging it into the wall, it's going to run on gasoline. Instead of a catalytic converter, waste heat is going to be used to ignite more gasoline. Why? Because it's not green.

Game disks will be made from whale bones and come in commemorative wooden boxes made from only the heart of the rainforest.

# . — Solid Snicker 2009-07-21 09:38

the console should be covered purely in chinese panda skin, with a choice of face plates made out of ivory or tiger fur.

midgets should also be forced to work for free to distribute the games. The midgets will use koala bears as chairs and will have cage fights with sea otters during their breaks.

# f#(k off — lito2213 2009-07-21 11:50

There are far more worst things happening.here go's f#(kpeace calling out for some attention you want things to be greener go plant a f#(king tree

# they im green :) — lito2213 2009-07-21 11:59

Im green i got weed!! its not so bad after all.call me if u want some seeds we can all go green.....

# Greenpeace Has The Poooooooower — hypercoyote360 2009-07-22 04:26

Hey, we basically just elected greenpeace as our president, so enjoy more greenpeace love in the next 3 1/4 years. Ever seen "The Story of Stuff"? (Youtube search for it). That video is being shown in schools as a factual video. Yay indoctrination!

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