The Dell Foundation Online E-ssentials Mission Statement Packaging Computers and their components are sophisticated and precise products requiring maximum protection from drops, shaking and temperature variations that can occur during shipping and handling. Dell packaging designers work continuously to reduce the packaging material burden on customers and the environment without any sacrifice to product safety, reliability and quality. Dell has several initiatives to reduce the environmental impacts of packaging shipped with products.
Packaging is free of heavy metals, halogenated polymers, and ozone-depleting substances.
To facilitate recycling instead of landfilling, all packaging is clearly marked with the recycling emblem and all plastics are marked according to DIN 6120. Dell also minimizes paper shipped with each product by offering electronic access to system information and user documentation on the user's hard drive and via the Internet. This ongoing effort substantially reduces the amount of paper stock Dell uses each year. For customers of the 50 United States only.