Dell Expands Computer Equipment Recycling Options

Dell has announced that it is enhancing Dell Recycling (formerly Dell Exchange) to enable customers to order home pickup of unwanted notebooks, desktops, monitors and select computer equipment for $15 per unit. The service is available for continental U. S. customers online beginning March 25. Customers can learn more about the home pick-up service at www.dell4me.com/recycling.

The new offering expands the current reuse and recycling services Dell provides, including donation through the National Cristina Foundation. The company is also launching a five-city recycling tour to permit customers to donate or recycle their unwanted systems completely free of charge during tour stops. In addition, Dell offers a broad range of reuse and recycling options for its commercial customers. For more information about Dell’s recycling options, visit www.dell.com/assetrecovery.

"Dell is leading the computer industry with its new program that makes computer recycling cost-effective and convenient for consumers no matter where they live in the United States," Kate Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition, says. "The Dell Recycling program exemplifies a higher environmental stewardship for any company, in any industry."

"At Dell, our focus is always on responding to customer requirements for our products and services," Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer for Dell, says. "Stewardship of our environment is becoming one of those requirements, and we take that responsibility seriously."

Dell and its donation partner National Cristina Foundation (NCF), also have stressed that when buying a new computer consumers should think about what to do with the old one. "Most computers that are too old for consumers have years of life left in them for use by organizations serving those in need who can't afford new technology," National Cristina Foundation President Yvette Marrin, says. "Through a network of thousands of local non-profit organizations and public agencies, NCF and Dell are putting systems donated by consumers in the hands of disadvantaged people and children and adults with special needs all over the country."

To raise awareness and encourage consumers to take advantage of convenient Dell reuse and recycling programs, Dell is launching a five-city Recycling Tour beginning Saturday, March 29 in Nashville, Tenn. Other tour cities and dates are Columbus, Ohio, April 5; Charlotte, N.C., April 12; Portland, Ore., April 19; Austin, Texas, Earth Day April 22 and April 27.

At each event, consumers will be able to bring their used computer equipment to a designated location for donation or recycling. By Sunday, April 27, Dell's goal is to collect 100 tons of equipment to donate or recycle. For more details on locations, times and guidelines, visit www.dell4me.com/recycling.

Dell Recycling provides an affordable and convenient reuse and recycling program for U.S. consumers who want to donate, recycle, trade-in or auction unwanted computers and related equipment. Dell is a partner in the Environmental Protection Agency's national education campaign "Plug-In To Recycling." Information on Dell's consumer recycling program can be found at www.dell4me.com/recycling; business customers should visit www.dell.com/assetrecovery.