Greenpeace: Nintendo bad for the environment

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Greenpeace: Nintendo bad for the environment

Posted Nov 27th 2007 11:30AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Greenpeace took a look at major companies and their output on the environment, recently. And, for all of us who love the Big N, it's sad that Greenpeace ranked them dead last. Yup, turns out Nintendo doesn't have favorable policies toward managing their toxic chemicals and recycling, according to Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics.

Due to the addition of television manufacturers and gaming consoles, some companies are finding themselves on the list for the first time. Such a company is Nintendo, who also found themselves to be the first company to score a zero out of possible ten points. Nintendo's competitors in the gaming space fared a bit better, with Microsoft scoring a 2.7 and Sony scoring an incredible 7.3.

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11-27-2007 @ 9:09PM

James said...

Ugh, will somebody please explain to the stupid fucking hippies the difference between "null" and "zero"?

Anyway, they should be thrilled that Nintendo's flagship consoles both use vastly less power per hour than their direct competition.

11-28-2007 @ 11:39AM

eryk said...

PLUS WHO IS RECYCLING NINTENDO GEAR ANYWAYS? Besides the 8-bit toaster oven, their equipment and games hardly ever gives out, and it doesn't become obsolete since there has always been a market for pretty much ANYTHING nintendo that still works

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