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pokoko said:

It's good that they're making progress, even if they need to do more.  I think with e-waste the issue is with recovering certain elements, though I don't know about the Nintendo situation specifically.

This is what I was referring to:

"Gaming giant Nintendo is the worst company for ensuring that materials used in its electronics are not linked to bloodshed in war-torn regions"  http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0616-conflict-minerals.html#vAuzg3qTTbtPIsLU.99

Nintendo got the lowest score of ANY company, though it looks like Japanese companies in general aren't very good.

Blood Diamond 2: Nintendo's Wrath

They are probably going for the cheapest price on materials and don't care too much about conflicts in certain areas (Africa).  They could probably care a little more but more people would probably care about the system price than people dying in war torn areas.  People mainly like to seem to care.