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his company in an effort to make
computer manufacturers aware of
the harm that discarded computers
can do to the environment. Dell
Computers was singled out because
of the company's size and dominant
position in the market, according to
http ://www. computertakeback. com.
Wood said Dell deserves recogni
tion for steering his company to
ward these policy changes. "This is a
watershed moment in the effort to
promote corporate accountability
for waste and a clear indication that
organized pressure in the market can
positively influence corporations
and their management," Wood said.
The University, like Dell, is also
taking steps to recycle computers.
The Office of Environmental
Health and Safety has been recycling
computer parts for almost three
years under its Computer Harvest
program, pulling in its first "crop" in
May 2001. Recently, the program has
expanded to include scientific
equipment, which often contains
hazardous materials such as mercu
ry switches.
University Environmental Manager
Nick Williams said the emphasis of the
University's program is still on the "de
manufacturing" of used computers and
monitors and preventing hazardous
materials from entering landfills.
"We've diverted about 10 tons of
cathode-ray tube (CRT) glass, two
tons of circuit boards, and just miles
and miles of wiring from going into
landfills," Williams said. "As far as
CRT glass is concerned, lead is the cul
prit. About 50 percent of it is lead and
that will typically go into a landfill."
Williams said that without proper
disposal, the toxic materials, such as
lead, can find their way into the wa
ter and air, eventually concentrating
themselves in humans.
Williams said it was appropriate
that Dell chose to speak with college
and university students.
"We're one of the biggest users of
computers here in colleges, so we go
through them a lot faster than nor
mal," he said. "It's very timely that
people are beginning to care about
e-waste. We're just a mid-size college
and look at how much we kept from
going into the landfills — imagine
all the universities in the country."
The web conference — which
drew participants from more than
40 locations around the country, ac
cording to the GrassRoots Recycling
Network — addressed three areas
that the Computer TakeBack Cam
paign, a coalition of environmental
groups, had asked Dell's company to
improve. The points included the
willingness of producers to take
back old computers, compliance to
cleaner standards when manufactur
ing computers and responsible recy
cling of unwanted material.
"We want to make this easy for
our customers, and we want to do
the right thing. We want to make
sure that as we're putting out the
tens of millions of products that
we're finding a way to take them
back and do it in a responsible way,"
Dell said. ^
The Computer TakeBack Campaign
sent Dell a letter urging him to take a
stance on e-waste, the term for waste ,
produced by old unusable computers.
Dell replied on April 6 and released
an "open letter to college and univer
sity students" acknowledging that his
company's support could have a po
tential impact and calling for further
discussion.
"Dell has always been driven by di
rect relationships, and we've found
there's no better way to solve a prob
lem or achieve a goal than to commu
nicate openly, honestly and directly,"
Dell said in the letter. "Due to the
large number of Dell customers, a
change in how we produce a product
can ripple around the world."
Contact the business/science/
technology reporter
at stevenneuman@dailyemerald.com.
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