 |
User: Login | 
XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers
As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, prediction. Don't get a life just yet. |
| Address URL | http://kotaku.com Registered: 09-Apr-2008 |
| Ads: | |
 Send to email | Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals! [Do Not Eat] in Do Not EatEnvironmentGreenpeaceNewsPS3TopWiiXbox 360 |  By Brian Ashcraft
el 20-May-2008 |
 Nintendo used to be bad for the environment. Now? Just sorta bad! Last year, Greenpeace singled the Kyoto-based game maker by giving it the lowest score in its "Guide to Greener Electronics" had ever awarded to a company — a 0/10. Part of the reason for this dubious honor was that Nintendo failed to provide any data about its environmental standards. Nintendo issued a response, and Greenpeace still wasn't satisfied. (In comparison, Microsoft got a 2.7/10 and Sony got a 7.3/10). Zeina Al-Hajj, Greenpeace's International Toxic Campaign co-ordinator points out:
Sony has a very good record in our ranking guide. They have committed to eliminating these chemicals from mobile devices. But why are we finding them in such high percentages in a console? This is a tool used by children in our homes. None of these chemicals exist in Sony's Vaio laptop. So if they can do it for a laptop, why can't they push this for the console also?
Greenpeace has taken things into its own hands. Literally. The environmental organization has dissected each of the three major game consoles and examined how environmentally sound the consoles' innards are.
Results, after the jump. Onward!
PLAYSTATION 3
• The console contains some bromine-free circuit boards — unlike the other two consoles
• The fan housing, however, has the highest level of bromine in a single component
• It contains PVC, but not as much as the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
• Only console containing DiNP phthalates — found in the AV cable.
• It contains the highest concentration of phthalates
• The console has more PVC than the Wii and the PS3.
• Its housing materials had lower levels of bromine, though.
Nintendo Wii
• Phthalates level is lowest of the three and doesn't exceed EU laws limiting phthalate.
• It has the lowest level of PVC of the three.
• Unlike the PS3 and the Xbox 360, the Wii doesn't contain Beryllium.
FASCINATING.
Greenpeace Results [SmartPlanet Thanks, Adam!]
Greenpeace Results [BBC]
Read 3 times
|
|
![Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals! [Do Not Eat] - Tech Weblogs - WEEKLYBITS.COM Blogger XBOX 360 Gamers Webl](files/kotaku_gamer.jpg) |
|
 | Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide |  Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Nerdblog | Blogger | Provides news about hardware, software, notebooks, laptops, PCs, Mac, PDAs
Nerdblog.Net |
| Nerdblog | Blogger | Provides news about hardware, software, notebooks, laptops, PCs, Mac, PDAs
Nerdblog.Net |
| Photochromic chemicals |  TheChemblog is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs, it reminds me of the good ole’ days when Dylan Styles had a blog. In this entry Kyle talks about - Photochromic chemicals via Wired Science.
The reaction is rapid and, most interestingly, rapidly reversible, which means that the formation of the green colored product is short [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Jul-2008 by Nerdblog in General
Read 0 times. More hits in   |
|
| Nerdblog | Blogger | Provides news about hardware, software, notebooks, laptops, PCs, Mac, PDAs
Nerdblog.Net |
| Games consoles not green enough, claims Greenpeace | | Manufacturers must do more to rid their products of nasties
The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii may all be green in the eyes of the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive - but all three have failed to meet Greenpeace’s standards.
TheRegister [..] Read complete article | | Published 20-May-2008 by Nerdblog in General
Read 5 times. More hits in |
|
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Swiingers [Sex] | | Ah, yes. Swingers. Those interested in using game consoles to host orgies, listen up! Online swinger site Kasidie offers up some tips on how game consoles can be liven up an evening of sex with multiple partners. From the site:
Even the names of [..] Read complete article | | Published 29-May-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in CultureOdditiesPS3SexWiiXbox 360
Read 3 times. More hits in |
|
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Are Video Game Predators After Your Children? [Children And Gaming] | | Here I am trying to get my girlfriend to let me play Halo 3 online with her 8-year-old son and USA Today has to go and release another sexual predators using video game consoles to get to your children story. The story, titled "Predators use gaming consoles to 'get foot in the door'", details [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Jul-2008 by Mike Fahey in Children And Gaming Crime Gaming Safety Mainstream Media News Predators Safety
Read 5 times. More hits in |
|
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| "Consoles Are A Problem" Says Oddworld Dev [Lorne Lanning] | | Oddworld Inhabitants Lorne Lanning thinks that Consoles are a big problem for games developers. "Personally, I think the consoles are a problem," he told GamesDeveloper.bizGameDaily, "Years ago I was excited about consoles, but anything that [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Sep-2008 by Stuart Houghton in Lorne Lanning Consoles Development News Oddworld Inhabitants PC
Read 1 times. More hits in |
|
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
|
Warning We are not responsible of information posted from external feeds. Use this website at your own risk.
Notice: We will not be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage arising under this disclaimer or in connection with our website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise.
|
|
| |
Hello, Guest
Online: 100 visitors
