Dell to offer collection program grants.Computer maker Dell has announced that it will award $120,000 in a series of $10,000 grants to select U.S. communities, universities and other non-profit groups to conduct computer collection events in the spring of 2004. "We want to empower communities to run their own collection events and to help educate consumers about the importance of computer reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. 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. end-of-life options," says Dell's sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. director Pat Nathan. "Single-day events are very effective in raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. about recycling and gathering historic computer waste, while interested parties like Dell do their part to develop a more robust national electronics-recycling infrastructure." The grant awards will be used to organize, promote, stage and 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. computer equipment at events across the U.S. Grantees will also receive guidance from the National Recycling Coalition (NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants ) and similar organizations. Additional information and application forms can be found on-line at www.dell.com/recyclinggrant. Dell offers consumers a home pick-up recycling option, available at www.dell.com/recycling, for $7.50 a unit, while businesses and public institutions can use Dell's Asset Recovery Services at www.dell.com/assetrecovery. "The most effective solutions to building our nation's electronics recycling and reuse infrastructure will be those that incorporate shared responsibility and public-private partnerships--this pilot project is a creative step in that direction," Kate Krebs, NRC executive director, says. |
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