Dell offers Energy Smart servers
Martin Veitch, 05 Dec 2006
New PowerEdge servers from Dell aim to cut power consumption by a fifth
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Response to Packaging Concern
Hello - I work on environment issues at Dell and wanted to weigh in on the other comment that there is more to be done on managing the environment impacts of packaging -- which is a great point.
Three quick points to make --
first we are focused on minimising packaging wherever we can -- and over time our total use of packing materials has gone down (not that this helps you with the packing material in your office certainly understand)
Second that the issue of recycling packaging does need to be addressed and this is one we are investigating - we'd like to be able to offer customers a good solution for this.
and third - we are doing some interesting things with reusable packaging that can ship multiple products at once (this is only beginning stages but has some good potential)
Hope that helps, and thank you for raising this - our commitment to be environmentally responsible definitely goes way beyond what suppliers are doing and applies to all parts of our business.
Posted by: bryantatdell, 13 Dec 2006Eco Servers...NOT! The packaging is a far cry from recyclable!
The server might be sporting a new CPU to save energy for Data centres but the packaging that they arrive in and more of the Dell products are a far cry from recyclable. Polystyrene rules and even though they are stamped "recycle" no one in the UK will recycle them. Meanwhile their competitors products arrive safely in eco-friendly recycled cardboard (which can be recycled again). Shame on you Dell! We need you to be Eco friendly beyond Intel's latest CPU.
Posted by: DavidCB (IT Manager), 05 Dec 2006
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