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Going green by planting a tree

138 points posted to Dell, Environment, Desktops and Laptops by carr0075 02/20/07

Fluffy and empty of true impact. I look forward to the time when vast Dell forests cover the barren plains of .... hmmm, I mean the vast carbon spewing life-sucking cities of....where are the tree's being planted again? Ok, the idea of planting trees is not totally without merit but, gee whiz, is this the best idea that Dell could conceive?

A better idea would be more energy efficient machines and more transparency on how you recycle e-waste (where do you send all of that old lead etc..Asia?). Tell your customers where they can send old machines for recycling rather than have toxic material end up in landfills. An even better idea would be to offer your customers the option of paying a small fee, similar to the tree idea, that would allow them to send their computer back to Dell for recycling. Heck Dell wouldn't even have to do much more than act as a go between for an established recycling company.

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