Dell recycles two billion pounds of e-waste two years ahead of schedule

Dell has completed its goal of recycling two billion pounds of electronic waste two years early. A part of its ‘Dell 2020 Legacy of Good Plan’, the Texan company managed to avoid the landfills and reuse heaps of its used consumer plastics, electronics plastics, carbon fibre waste, marine plastics, and gold. I'll admit the Legacy of Good Plan does sound like a hastily brainstormed government scheme to pay for schoolkid's breakfasts, but it's really a set of positive milestones set out to minimise multi-billion dollar corporation Dell's impact on the world. It's all centred around the the 10x20 Goal. By 2020, the company hopes the “good” that will come from its products and services will be 10x what it takes to create and use it. Dell hopes to achieve this overarching goal in a number of ways; from supply chain sustainability and environmental goals to community support, inclusivity, hiring, and workplace environment improvements. Kefetew Salassie, VP of client-side engineering at Dell, told DigiTimes the company has utilised recycled electronics in all aspects of its business, including desktops, servers, monitors, and notebooks. It’s also reportedly the first brand to recycle gold from motherboards.