元器件交易网讯 5月22日消息，据外媒报道，戴尔下月推出的一体机将采用再生塑料，未来戴尔将生产更多的环保电脑。

　　戴尔硬件回收计划在全球范围得到拓展，目的在于将个人电脑、显示器、硬盘机其他产品中的塑料和金属回收再利用。

　　戴尔下月出货的OptiPlex 3030一体机正是该计划中的产品之一，明年开始更多的笔记本、台式机、显示器的背板将采用再生塑料制成。

　　苹果公司CEO蒂姆·库克表示苹果也在回收利用废旧电脑，其他公司也应该效仿这一模式。（元器件交易网毛毛  摘译）

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　　Dell is making a line of PCs using plasticsobtained by expanding its recycling program.

　　The company has expanded the hardwaretake-back program to more places worldwide, aiming to collect and reuse moreextracted plastic and metals in PCs, monitors, hardware panels and otherproducts.

　　Dell’s OptiPlex 3030 all-in-one, which willship next month, will be the first product of that effort. Starting next year,more laptops, desktops and monitor back-panels will be made using recycledplastic, said Scott O’Connell, director of environmental affairs at Dell. Theproducts will be certified as sustainable by UL (Underwriters Laboratories).

　　“We need to see plastics last longer,” Cook said.

　　Dell will save money by reusing plastic,but O’Connell did not say whether the savings will be passed on to customersthrough lower prices. But it will be easier for more people to recycleelectronics and Dell will also provide a PC mail-back option, O’Connell said.

　　Dell’s plan to establish a recycling chaininternally could reduce the need for “virgin” plastics, which can beenvironmentally damaging to make, said Gary Cook, senior IT analyst atGreenpeace International.

　　Incineration of plastic from disposedcomputers can be toxic and reusing plastics in new computers or other partsreduces “dirty energy,” Cook said.

　　“We need to see plastics last longer,” Cook said.

　　Companies like Apple have helped raiseexpectations of sustainability in computers and others are following suit, Cooksaid. PC makers are using more metals in computer chassis and handset makersare using more nonpetroleum plastics.

　　Dell was criticized last year by Greenpeacefor veering away from its carbon-neutral goals and sustainability advocacy. Thecompany ranked 14th among most green IT companies, behind Microsoft, IBM,Hewlett-Packard, Wipro, Fujitsu and Google, among others.

　　Dell curbed its sustainability strategywhen it was trying to go private last ye