Dell Recycles 150 Million Pounds of E-Waste in FY ‘11 (with related video)
April 19, 2011
Round Rock, Texas-based Dell recycled approximately 150 million pounds of e-waste during the company’s fiscal year 2011, the computer manufacturer announced Monday. The total represents a 16 percent increase over fiscal year 2010, according to Dell.
The computer manufacturer has set a goal of diverting a total of 1 billion pounds of e-waste from landfills by 2014, and the company reports that it already has diverted about 6.7 million pounds during its history.
Dell credits Dell Reconnect, the company’s joint e-waste recycling program with Goodwill Industries, for its diversion figures. The program allows the public to bring e-waste to more than 2,200 Goodwill sites in the United States and Canada so that the material can be recycled.