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E-waste Recycling May 20, 2015 06:00:26 AM

Dell vows to increase use of recycled plastic

Paul Ploumis
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Dell has pledged to increase the use of recycled plastic including plastic recovered from electronics

Dell vows to increase use of recycled plastic

AUSTIN (Scrap Monster): Dell has pledged to increase the use of recycled plastic including plastic recovered from electronics, over the forthcoming years. The computer giant has set a goal to use at least 50 million pounds of recovered plastic by 2020. The company will roll out a number of initiatives that will make use of recovered plastics in its new range of products. According to Maureen Martinez, Senior Manager-Environmental Affairs, Dell, the company’s recycled plastic usage just crossed 10 million pounds in 2014.

According to Dell, it has cleared all concerns regarding the performance and appearance of post-consumer resin being incorporated into new products. Moreover, the cost of using recycled plastic is on par with that of virgin plastics. The company is also looking into use of additional recycled materials other than recycled plastics. The initiative will help cut more waste and create eco-friendly products.

Not all electronic devices, however, are ideal sources of recovered material, Dell has found. According to Martinez, lighter and thinner devices use "plastics with a much higher performance requirement and so it is more challenging in that area to drive the introduction of recycled content."

Dell’s free take-back programme is already introduced in as many as 78 countries all over the world. As per estimates, nearly 560m kilos of e-waste are recycled through this initiative. In 2014 alone, Dell sourced 4.5m kilos of recycled plastic which were later used in building monitors and desktops. In its efforts to promote e-waste recycling among communities in developing countries, Dell has entered into partnership with United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

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