Dell



Dell and The Planet

What is Dell?

 * Listen.Learn. Deliver. That's what Dell is about. This is the business model Dell has been constructing for 26 years now in the building of new technologies of all categories. They build a number of electronics for individual and commercial use including computers, phones, servers, and much more.
 * Dell has electronics conducting many tasks through the world, including many underdeveloped countries.

The company believes that their customers should not have to compr omise to get what they want. They invest in building better products for people, all while continuing to pursue a greener lifestyle. >>
 * **The Breakdown of Green Strategy**
 * Drive Energy Efficiency
 * Responsible, convenient recycling programs worldwide
 * Three-part strategy to make packaging more sustainable
 * **Why Recycle with Dell?**
 * Keeping electronic waste out of underdeveloped countries
 * First in their industry to ban the export of defective electronics to underdeveloped countries
 * Keeping e-waste from landfills
 * Claims to make effort to stop
 * Old computers and technology are given to those who truly need it and cannot afford it
 * Three-Tiered goal:
 * increase energy efficiency
 * maximize purchases of green power
 * responsibly offset remaining effects going forward
 * **Dell's Carbon Dioxide Emissions**
 * Dell is a leading global systems and services company which makes it very aware of its damage on the planet.
 * Part of reducing the emissions from their computers is Dell's approach at making them more efficient. Dell's carbon intensity is less than half of its closest competitor. They have very recently gone down 4% in their carbon emissions simply by the amount of electricity used in their factories and human resource buildings
 * **The Plant a Tree Program**
 * []
 * Dell's plant a tree program was based on the desire to make up for the harms that their products may place on the environment. Not only do trees use most of the bi-products of computers to survive (carbon dioxide), they also clean the air we breath, provide shelter, recycle water, and provide food for millions of creatures worldwide.



media type="youtube" key="u3uozcP7S3k?fs=1" height="385" width="640" align="center"

media type="youtube" key="k0ybfF6JLZQ?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="center"

Glossary

 * ** Carbon Dioxide :**
 * a gas which is released by burning fossil fuels and harms the planet by destroying the ozone layer
 * **Green Strategy:**
 * a plan to make a company become more energy efficient without causing harm to the environment.
 * **Electronics:**
 * Devices created by man which use electricity and technology to help make tasks in life easier and more efficient
 * **Recycle:**
 * The proper disposal of certain items which enables them to be reused or thrown out in the proper way
 * **Emission:**
 * the release of a gas into the atmosphere
 * **Underdeveloped countries:**
 * Countries in poverty which do not have stable governments or plentiful necessities to survive
 * **Server:**
 * electronics which provide the proper tools to place things over the internet
 * **Dell:**
 * a company that builds electronics including:
 * phones
 * computers
 * servers
 * **Green power:**
 * power which is created by natural things in the environment helping reduce carbon emissions
 * **E-Waste:**
 * Electronic items which no longer work or what is left over from the making of them

Further Pages
HP Toshiba