I was reading Sony's "Road to Zero" environmental plan in which they plan to have zero impact on the environment by 2050 and it got me thinking does the environmental impact of the things you buy affect your decisions?

Edit: Stuffed up the poll. So just don't use it lol.

Nope, don't care. Unless it saves me money.

Not really, no ...

When you look into environmental claims made by companies you soon realize that most of them are just smoke and mirrors.

The only thing we really look at when buying products is animal welfare. Tend to only buy free range and organic meats/eggs. Dolphin-free tuna, etc, etc.

EDIT: Though, I will say this, I am thoroughly impressed by Tesco's corporate responsibility pledges (people from Cali/Ariz/Nev will know them as Fresh 'n' Easy) - they seem to be very environmentally friendly. Make no mistake, though, they only do it because they think (and are probably right) that it's more cost-effective in the long run to do so.

This depends. I do care about the enviroment and recycle almost everything. I try to make my foot print as small as possible. I buy food products more often if they use recycled containers and I prefer buying some other products if they use recycled containers. I buy SunChips more often then other chips because the bag is biodegradable. However it does not sway which companies I support in entertainment. I buy Nintendo products more then any other gaming product and they are horrible for the enviroment.

I guess it comes down to a mixture of both. I will buy an enviromentally friendly product over another product if the product quality is similiar or just as good. But I will not choose a sub par product over the better product just because its better for the enviroment!

How are they "horrible for the environment"?

I believe it was Greenpeace who gave Nintendo a failing rating not because they were doing anything wrong, but because Nintendo would not release information to Greenpeace. What Greenpeace is doing is very sleazy, and effectively extortion and libel that they can legally get away with.

Yah I was basing my reply on GreenPeace's report. Also I read another report somewhere that listed Nintendo as the worst for the enviroment out of Sony , MS and Nintendo. However I know the origional fat DS said it was made out of recycled plastic so they can't be all that bad.

This is one reason why I prefer DD. It uses electricity and nothing more. Electricity can easily be made by alternate means other than fossil fuels.

But yes, I used Method cleaners, recycled printer paper, etc. I recycle plastic, aluminum, steel, and printer cartridges.

I would like to see more game companies follow the movie industry lead by making their game packaging from recycled plastics and cutting down the plastic used by cutting the designs from the front and back of the books.

They have goals they plan to meet by 2015 and have steps that they are taking each year to get there.

Even if it is for cost cutting measures im all for it.

Ya, and I could see a pretty much zero impact company. Solar/wind/geothermal tech will vastly improve, processes and waste disposal vastly reduced and eliminated properly, recycling of materials, more efficient buildings, etc. While it wont be 100% zero impact it will be like 98% which easily rounds to 100% since the last 2% should be easily ignored.