• Dell to Launch Free Recycling of Dell-Branded Products for Consumers Globally
• Dell’s Products Help Save Energy for Customers
• Dell Complies with New EU Environmental Regulation
• Dell Accelerates Timetable to Remove Environmentally Sensitive Materials from Products
• Dell Computers Recognized in New Environmental Procurement Tool
• Dell Holds First Computer Recycling Day in Brisbane, Australia
• Dell Launches Computer Recycling Service in San Antonio and San Diego
• Dell Approved As a Ceres Company
• Destination Dell Program – One Year Old and Growing
  

• Dell Announces New Manufacturing Facility in Brazil
• Dell Grows Team in Tennessee
• Gay Pride Month Celebration Promotes Respect and Dignity for All
• Michael Dell Addresses WCIT, Calls for Global Emphasis on IT
• Dell Celebrates First Annual Global Ethics Day
• Dell Wins Best Employer Award from Slovakian Government
• Dell’s Ohio Team Wins Award of Ergonomic Excellence
• Dell Awards Merit Scholarships to Children of Employees
• Global Scientists Name Dell Top Computer Hardware Provider
  

• Literate Community Grants Awarded to Non-Profits in Four US States
• Community Involvement Fairs Connect Dell Employees with Local Charities
• TechKnow Program Convinces U.S. Football Star to Go Back to School
• Dell’s Technology Donation Connects U.S. Soldiers and Families
• Nashville's PENCIL Foundation Recognizes Dell Tennessee Team Members
• Dell Sponsors Low-Income Kids in Brazil to Learn Computer Skills
• Dell CEO Speaks with Students at Opening of Dell Learning Center in China
• Dell’s UK Team Helps Students Prepare for Higher Computing Exams
• Dell Team Members Volunteer at the Amsterdam Special Olympics
• Dell Canada Team Members Make a Difference for Hundreds of Students
• Dell Supports Nashville Cares
  

Dell recently announced plans to provide free recycling of any Dell-branded product for consumers around the world as part of a new global recycling policy. Dell currently offers consumers no-charge recycling of any brand of used computer or printer with the purchase of a new Dell computer or printer. Under the new policy, the first of its kind in the industry, Dell will provide consumers no-charge recycling of any Dell-branded product, regardless of whether a replacement product is purchased. The National Recycling Coalition said that Dell is setting the standard for the industry with this new policy. The new recycling service, already available in Europe, is slated to launch in the U.S. in September and globally by November. For more on Dell's recycling services, please visit www.dell.com/recycling.

New Dell server, workstation, notebook and desktop systems now include enhanced energy efficiency characteristics that help customers decrease electricity usage and system operating cost. Built with energy saving technologies, the new ninth-generation PowerEdgeTM servers can lower power consumption by up to 25 percent, providing an increase in performance per watt of electricity of up to 169 percent. All Dell notebooks now ship by default with sleep-state enabled, in addition to Dell’s OptiPlexTM desktop and Dell PrecisionTM desktop workstation products which already had this function. This power-management feature automatically puts the computer into a low-power “sleep” state after 15 minutes of inactivity, but allows the computer to quickly “wake-up” when needed. The Energy Star program estimates that allowing a computer to enter sleep state when it is not being used saves about 70 percent of the electricity required to power that computer. More information is available at www.dell.com/environment.

Dell will eliminate the use of environmentally-sensitive chemicals including all brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in products by 2009, well in advance of legal requirements. "Dell's decision to remove these harmful chemicals reflects a move within the electronics industry in the right direction to become cleaner," said Zeina al-Hajj, spokeswoman of the environmental group Greenpeace International. Dell continually adapts the design of its products to use fewer resources and minimize or eliminate the use of environmentally sensitive materials. As of June 30, Dell had prohibited the use of BFRs and PVC in plastic mechanical parts for all new Dell branded products and peripherals. More information on Dell’s chemical use policy is available at www.dell.com/environment. Clean Production Action recently published a report on the efforts of several companies addressing chemical use issues which includes Dell’s work on chemical use policies and BFR elimination, the report can be accessed here: http://www.cleanproduction.org/library/CPA-HealthyBusiness-1.pdf.

Dell is expanding operations in Brazil with a new manufacturing facility to support the region’s recent growth and enhance the customer experience in the region. The facility will be built in Hortolândia, São Paulo, and is expected to start operations during Q4 of this year. The new factory will facilitate the import and export of components and products, reduce production costs, expedite delivery, and place Dell closer to the majority of its customers in São Paulo City, the largest economic center in Latin America.

Dell will expand its Americas customer contact operations and increase employment at its Middle Tennessee facilities by up to 1,000 people to as many as 4,500 people over the next several quarters. The Middle Tennessee customer contact center interacts with customers and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada. The employment increase is being driven by an expansion of sales professionals in public sector and corporate accounts, and an addition of Dell services technicians and managers. Dell launched the Middle Tennessee operations in August 1999 with about 200 production, sales and call center employees.

The One Dell: One Community campaign kicked off in July with Community Involvement Fairs throughout Dell U.S. sites. Through the fairs, Dell team members met representatives from nonprofit and community organizations in the area, learned about the needs in the community and made a connection with the local charities. The fairs also provided Dell employees an opportunity to plan their team building activities for the company’s Global Community Involvement Month in September, when Dell employees around the world participate in volunteer activities in their community. Last year’s Global Community Involvement Month resulted in about one-half of Dell employees worldwide volunteering time in the community.