April 6 -- Dell Inc. plans to triple the
amount of computers it recovers and recycles by the end of 2009.
In fiscal year 2006, which ended Feb. 3, the computer firm reused and
recycled nearly 40,000 tons of electronics from its customers and
company operations, according to its annual sustainability report
released April 5. More than half of the recovered products came from
customers, a 72 percent increase from fiscal year 2005.
The company, based in Round Rock, Texas, also has been successful in
meeting the European Union’s Restriction on Hazardous Substances
directive, exceeding it goal of shipping 3 million RoHS-compliant
motherboards per quarter by the fourth quarter of 2005.