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Greenpeace wants green consoles
Greenpeace has a study on their website about how green are today's major consoles: Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Looks like none of the above are totally eco-friendly and all make use of hazardous substances like aspolyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates, beryllium and bromine indicative ofbrominated flame retardants (BFRs).
But not everything is that bad, because Greenpeace found also that the manufacturers managed to use alternative and green solutions in some areas:
But the tests also showed that each manufacturer had
avoided or reduced uses of individual hazardous substances in certain
materials within their consoles. For example, the Nintendo Wii managed
quite well without using beryllium in its electrical contacts, and use
of PVC and phthalates was limited. The PlayStation 3, meanwhile,
included “bromine-free” circuit boards and the Xbox 360 used fewer
brominated materialsin its housing materials.
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