Dell Offers Consumers Computer Recycling at No Cost With Purchase; Dell Recycling Provides Added Convenience with Home Pick-Up.ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) Consumers who purchase a Dell(TM) Dimension(TM) desktop or Inspiron(TM) notebook can now 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 a. their outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. computer systems at no cost and without having to leave their home or office for a limited time. Dell's offer is the first free home pick-up and recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. offer from a major U.S. computer manufacturer and is available next week to any consumer 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. . Attaching this no-charge recycling offer to Dell's popular consumer computer models underscores Dell's commitment to lower the cost of consumer computer recycling Most major Computer manufacturers offer some form of recycling, often as a free replacement service when purchasing a new PC. At the user's request they may mail in their old computer, or arrange for pickup from the manufacturer. and increase the recovery rate of used products. Dell has offered recycling at no cost for used printers since the launch of the company's printer products in March 2003. "Dell remains committed to making computer recycling easy and affordable for consumers, and to increasing the number of consumers using Dell Recycling," said Michael Rosenstein, Dell's Director of Consumer e-Business. Kate Krebs Krebs , Sir Hans Adolf 1900-1981. German-born British biochemist who discovered (1936) the Krebs cycle. He shared a 1953 Nobel Prize for investigations into metabolic processes. , executive director of the National Recycling Coalition, said, "This is the most compelling opportunity to recycle in the consumer-electronics industry. Dell continues to set a higher standard for environmental stewardship The integration and application of environmental values into the military mission in order to sustain readiness, improve quality of life, strengthen civil relations, and preserve valuable natural resources. ." Consumers purchasing a new Dimension or Inspiron computer will be asked if they would like to take advantage of the Dell Recycling program for no charge during their check-out process. Dell will include pre-paid shipping labels and instructions in the new system's box for those who indicate they plan to recycle a system. Consumers simply place their old computer (any make or model) in the box in which the new one arrived, attach the shipping label and arrange for home pick-up by visiting www.dhl-usa.com. Dell will continue to offer consumers a no-purchase-necessary home pick-up recycling option for a base price of $15 per unit (current limited time promotional cost is $5 per unit). Dell recycling programs accept any make or model used computer equipment. For information on Dell's Recycling programs, please visit www.dell.com/recycling. Dell's recycling programs are one element of the company's four-part Total Product Life Cycle approach to sound environmental practices. They are integral to phase four, "Equipment End-of-Life end-of-life Cardiac pacing noun The point at which a pacemaker signals need for replacement, as its battery is nearing depletion Medtalk adjective 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 Dell Dell Inc. (Nasdaq:DELL) is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the 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. Pricing, specifications, availability, and terms of offers may change without notice. Taxes, fees and shipping charges are extra, and vary. Dell cannot be responsible for pricing or other errors, and reserves the right to cancel orders cancel order A customer order to a broker that cancels an earlier, unfilled order given by the customer. arising from such errors. Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. |
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