Chicago Public Schools Team With Dell for Computer Recycling; Dell to Recycle More Than 18,000 Pieces of Old Equipment for CPS This Year.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004 Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) will recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. more than 18,000 pieces of old computer equipment this year for Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. (CPS (1) (Characters Per Second) The measurement of the speed of a serial printer or the speed of a data transfer between hardware devices or over a communications channel. CPS is equivalent to bytes per second. ). Dell President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Kevin Rollins and CPS Chief Information Officer Robert Runcie Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, PC, MC (2 October 1921 – 11 July 2000) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991. Early life He was born and spent his early life in Great Crosby, near Liverpool, to middle class and rather irreligious parents. announced the new asset recovery program today at Stockton Elementary School elementary school: see school. in Chicago. Dell Services will manage the entire recycling process for the District's 600 school buildings this year, including gathering, packaging and transporting the systems. Dell will also overwrite (1) A data entry mode that writes over existing characters on screen when new characters are typed in. Contrast with insert mode. (2) To record new data on top of existing data such as when a disk record or file is updated. the hard disks to help protect the data, and the systems will be recycled to specifications set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . This project will free up classroom space for learning rather than storing old computers. "Since 1995, Chicago Public Schools has invested heavily in computer infrastructure, equipment and professional development to ensure that our teachers and students have access to technology," Runcie said. "However, we did not have a good strategy for computer asset disposal, which resulted in a number of challenges, including obsolete equipment occupying precious real estate in some schools; environmental risk if schools didn't dispose of equipment properly; and data security risk if hard drives containing student information weren't overwritten in the disposal process." Dell recently began the recycling process by removing 410 old computers from Kelly High School, the largest high school in the District. "Dell stepped up to the plate and hit a home run for us by implementing an asset disposal program for the District," Runcie said. Dell's asset recovery services are one element of the company's four-part Total Product Life Cycle approach to sound environmental practices. It is integral to phase four, "Equipment End-of-Life Strategies." The other phases are "Product Concept and Design," "Manufacturing and Operations" and "Customer Ownership Experience." To learn more about Dell's commitment to environmental responsibility, visit www.dell.com/environment. About Chicago Public Schools The Chicago Public Schools is the third-largest school system in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and second-largest employer in Illinois, with 45,000 employees. It has 600 elementary and high schools and more than 437,000 students. About Dell Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Company revenue for the past year totaled $43.5 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained www.dell.com. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. |
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