Nintendo not very green

November 28th, 2007 Alex

Nintendo was given a zero of out a possible 10 points in the Greenpeace ranking of 18 leading electronics companies. The environmental organization says that Nintendo has made no effort in providing information to its consumers about the substances and materials that are used in its manufacturing. Microsoft also scored poorly and ranked 16th. The most green companies on the Greenpeace list were Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Samsung Corp. There was an estimated  62.7 million units of game consoles sold last year and that number continues to grow. Every few years, companies come out with a newer, better, faster game console and most of the time, the old consoles will get retired. As the world consumes more electronic products every year, it is important to dispose of e-waste properly and making sure that both the manufacturing as well as the substances used in the products are more environmentally friendly.

via SFGate

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