Dell Receives the ‘Recycling Works Award’
The National Recycling Coalition in February awarded Dell the organization’s annual Recycling Works Award for the company’s efforts. NRC Executive Director Kate Krebs said at the time that Dell’s environmental initiatives “put them head and shoulders above any other electronics company.”
Dell recovered an impressive 78 million pounds, or nearly 40,000 tons, of IT equipment from their customers last year.
“Customers should not be forced into improper disposal due to a lack of environmentally responsible options” said Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive of the company in a statement last month.
Dell partnered with Goodwill Industries to help consumers donate electronics of any brand. The company also offers product recovery services to institutional customers, and has partnered with the National Cristina Foundation in a program that enables customers to donate any working computer system to non-profit organizations in their areas.
Dell has publicly set a goal of recovering 275 million pounds of computer equipment by 2009.
I sincerely hope Dell’s efforts prove worthwhile and stand as a source of encouragement to every computer manufacturer worldwide to offer similar free global consumer recycling programs.
Taken from: Information Week
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By Joshua Levitt
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