Dell Fast Tracks Recycled Paper Use

Dell Fast Tracks Recycled Paper Use

Dell’s marketing publications now use an average of 50 percent recycled content paper — and in many publications up to 90 percent — exceeding a five-year company goal to use 50 percent recycled content by 2009. Dell estimates the increased recycled content paper is avoiding the use of nearly 35,000 tons of virgin fiber paper per year. That is the equivalent of saving more than 250,000 trees or more than the number of trees required to print three Sunday editions of the New York Times.

The company announced the results here today in a Boreal Forest and Paper Roundtable event hosted by several forestry interest groups to highlight best practices in paper-use policies.

“Our commitment to environmental responsibility extends to all areas of our business,” Martin Garvin, senior vice president, worldwide procurement for Dell said, “We’ve learned we can produce relevant and attractive customer communication materials and at the same time reduce Dell’s environmental impact from paper use. The technology industry has an opportunity to be a model for responsible paper use and sourcing.”

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