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out of the box -- let me return box for reuse

Environment submitted by howardnyc 02/17/07

issue: reduce -- reuse -- recycle

if you build the shipping box a little thicker, and provide a return address sticker many of us would be happy to return the box to you for reuse....

despite the added shipping charges, you would save money and demonstrate to the world you are indeed "lean 'n green" by reversing the ‘waste stream’

this would be especially true for those corporations purchasing ten (10) or fifty (50) or thousands (1000’s) of new computers all at the same time. . .

heck I could see an entire truckload of stuff getting picked up three days after being dropped off . . .

FYI: corporations in New York City are oft times zapped with special handling fees to dispose of boxes 16 Comments »

REUSEABLE SHIPPING CONTAINERS

Environment submitted by scotty750 06/08/07

I'm an onsite tech. I've been griping for years about the large boxes for shipping parts for warranty calls that don't have handholds. And I just thought of a way to solve my gripe, make dell green and save money.

You can purchase hardened plastic laptop shipping cases that are lockable and pretty much infinitely reusable. Why not a similar solution for warranty parts.

Currently dell is using cardboard boxes. Lifespan of a box, 2 ships, out and back. if your lucky, maybe a second warranty call but not likely. cost of a box say 40 cents. number of boxes used a year??? well if we figure 30,000 systems built per day and a failure rate of say 10% (industry average is beleived to be about 15%) thats 3000 units a day that break.

Yes theres an upfront cost of purchasing the shipping cases, but they can get used an unlimited number of times. since they don't have to be constantly remade like cardboard, its a lower carbon footprint, and can lower to total cost over time from reuse. and it adds zero waste to landfill.

summary:
zero landfill
infinite reusability
lower carbon foottprint per unit over time
lower manufacturing costs over time
easy to implement
free advertising of dells commitment to green. make em a nice white with a nice big dell logo and a nice big recycle logo on it. every customer that gets a warranty repair would see the commitment to green 27 Comments »

Use Less Packaging Materials than Any Other Company

Environment submitted by jerseyshore 06/05/07 **REVIEWED**

It may not be as exciting, but become the leader in using less packaging for every purchase made....less cardboard.....better packing.....and more


We have made huge strides in reducing the amount of packaging we send out with our products. For more details from todd_d, click here.




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switch to LED monitors

Monitors and Displays, Laptop Power submitted by yardsale Jan 16

I dont know why dell hasnt done this yet. switch all monitors on desktops and notebooks to LED. did you know that you can run an LED screen at full brightniess and it uses less power than a LCD monitor at the lowest brighting level?!? its cheaper, its energy efficent, and it needs to be done! promote this, if you demote i wanna know why! 63 Comments »