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Greenpeace calls on consumers to challenge gaming giants

14th December 2007

Greenpeace has called on gamers to persuade Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to make their consoles greener, the BBC reports.

According to the environmental campaign group, game console makers have so far “failed to reduce the toxic burden of their products”.

It accuses Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony of lagging behind mobile phone and PC manufacturers.

The initiative is part of Greenpeace’s campaign to persuade the electronics industry to be greener.

“Game console manufacturers are lagging way behind the makers of mobile phones and PCs who have been reducing the toxic load of the products over the past year,” said Zenia Al Hajj, Greenpeace International’s toxics campaigner.

“Game consoles contain many of the same components as PCs so manufacturers can do a lot more,” she added.

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