Dell designs and engineers its products to prevent pollution and conserve natural resources throughout the system's life, achieving environmental responsiveness in tandem with sound business management. Reducing the environmental impact of Dell products begins at the design stage as cross-functional product design teams work to make thoughtful and effective decisions that will have positive environmental results throughout the equipment's life cycle.
Dell recognizes the critical window of opportunity during the early design stages of a product when even a small environmental consideration can have a large effect on the environmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle. Dell is working toward capitalizing on this window of opportunity with the Dell Design for Environment (DfE) program. The Dell DfE program instills environmentally sound principles into product design.
Dell's Design for Environment (DfE) program incorporates into product development environmental attributes such as reduction of environmentally sensitive materials, decreases in equipment energy consumption, extension of product life span and utilization of parts that can be reused, resold or recycled.
Complementing these attributes, Dell's DfE approach works to achieve higher product quality and longevity, improved customer satisfaction and innovations in materials management. Greater efficiencies in manufacturing and service along with reduced costs associated with asset recovery also result from this program.
