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On: Aug 30, 08
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Wal-mart Pushes For Eco Games


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Greener Toy Pressures - Wal-mart Pushes For Eco Games (VIDEO)
Wal-mart Pushes For Eco Games
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Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer and thus the world’s largest seller of game stations, wants toy manufacturers to be more green.

As a result, the big players in gaming were summoned to rural Arkansas and given the instruction. Be more green in your manufacturing, shipping, and packaging.

They invited a rep from the Natural Resources Defense Council to assist. Not only was packaging a major topic but water consumed, power used, and gas emitted.

* There were about 101 Million games sold in plastic cases last year - green house gas emissions equal to over 9,000 cars! * Some of the next generation consoles can be used to play DVD or Blu-Ray media. Doing this uses more energy, a LOT more, than a stand alone DVD or Blu-Ray player. * If we left one of a sample of our next generation consoles on 24/7/365, we consume as much energy as TWO refrigerators in that same timeframe! * If half of us did this, consoles a (checkoutblog)

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