For Earth Day, Dell is vowing to help end plastic pollution

As Earth Day approaches, Dell is reflecting on its collective impact and the many resources and materials the earth provides that enable them to do what they do as a technology company. This year’s Earth Day theme is dedicated to ending plastic pollution, something Dell has been working towards for the last decade through sustainable design and circular thinking.

Here are a few ways how:

• In 2013, Dell started putting plastics from e-waste recovered via Dell’s recycling programs back into new products. They’ve since scaled the initiative across 90 products on track to meet their 2020 goal of using 100 million pounds of recycled materials in products.
• In 2016, motivated by the ocean plastic issue, Dell produced a virtual reality experience called “Cry Out: The Lonely Whale Experience” to connect people more deeply with our oceans and the issues that it faces. You can download the mobile version here.
• Last spring, Dell announced its signature consumer product, the XPS 13 2-in-1 would ship in ocean-bound plastic packaging. They’ve since scaled this across the XPS line and are on track to meet their commitment to the United Nations to increase usage 10x by 2025.
• Over the last year, Dell has organized more than 50 ocean and river clean ups around the world to support the company’s commitment.
• In December, Dell announced the convening of NextWave, a consortium of companies coming together to create a global supply chain and commercial use-cases for plastic material bound for the ocean.

In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Dell is continuing to work towards its goal of ending plastic pollution and has teams around the world volunteering in their communities to clean up parks, beaches, rivers and coastal areas. The company’s biggest annual conference, Dell Technologies World (starting April 29) has also vowed to go plastic bottle free this year, eliminating 65,000 plastic water bottles!

For more information on Dell’s Earth Day initiatives and various CSR programs, check out Dell’s Legacy of Good 2020 site and read about it in the latest Dell blog post.