Dell Implements New Computer Recycling Campaign

Date: July 10, 2003

Source: News Room

Dell Computer has launched a recycling campaign aimed at businesses and public customers. The nation's largest computer maker will charge customers as little as $49 to dispose of computers safely. As part of an "Asset Recovery" program, Dell executives have reiterated their promise to stop using prison labor to recycle computers. Until last week, Dell shipped used computers to UNICOR, a self-sustaining corporation that uses prison laborers, part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Washington-based UNICOR employs 1,100 convicts in recycling, paying them 20 cents to $1.26 per hour.

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