None of these companies are going to change their policies nore will they recall their consoles.Looks like these hippies are just going to have to deal with it.

F**k off Greenpeace.

I'm sorry as I have a mate who works for Greenpeace and I'm sure he wouldnt like me saying this but seriously, with all the worlds ills, Greenpeace attacks console manufacturers?!

Jog on.

Granted, without tackling problems one at a time we wont get anywhere but surely theres a lot more to be done elsewhere before we start attacking Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo?

How about the colourful, glossy, government produced, junk-mail leaflets that get posted through my door telling 'me' that I need to do more about recycling?!

WTF?

I'm pretty sure the money for those is taken out of the taxes I pay......

I'd happily have the money back and not have any more leaflets lying on the floor in my hallway first thing in the morning.

I know this is about harmful materials that 'need to be replaced' but what about materials that 'dont need to be wasted' ????

Or, when they mention harmful materials that need to be replaced, are they reffering to all the rubbish casual gaming titles that have flooded the market recently???

@2 : agreed

Typical guilt mongering rubbish there from a bunch of humourless veggie Guardian readers with feelings of misplaced guilt. I hope you choke on your next vegeburgers ,idiots!

This Government have already proven that they are not willing to tackle the more serious environmental issues...
They are currently running through a 'carrier bag tax' that will force all supermarkets to charge people for bags to take their shopping home in - even though most people probably reuse plastic bags at home, i.e. for use as bin liners...
Once the Government (and local councils) tackle REAL issues under their control, such as wasteful packaging, polluting and uneconomical industries, PROPER RECYCLING FACILITIES... then they can look to the rest of us...

Greenpeace have it in for the computer games industry. They ranked Nintendo as 0/10 back in December, simply because they didn't give them as much information as they wanted.

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/greener-electronics-ranking-6-291107

I take my hat off too them but...

I still see a NES and Mega drive at boot fairs!

So your still have a game cube and xbox360 there in years to come so if you work that out its the best recycling in the world!

Think of them poor kids that wait years to play sStar Fox with 3DFX Chip!

Some poor kid now is waiting for COD4 in 10 years he will have his xbox360 at boot fair (recycling site)

So Greenpeace leave them poor kids alone LOL

@ 7

You're right. People would pay good money for a Sega Megadrive in good condition. How many people would pay good money for an old blender or toastie machine...