Dell Latitude 5000 Laptops Help Sustainability

Dell has further improved its sustainability by increasing the amount of sustainable plastics and other materials used in its latest Latitude 5000 series laptops and packaging
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The range of products is designed in line with Dell's new Concept Luna program, which aims to reduce environmental impact by accelerating the reuse of products and materials, reducing waste and emissions
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"Dell has launched a strong portfolio of sustainable materials innovations over the past decade, including some industry-first applications
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Dell is now building on its existing efforts and partnerships to expand across more products and platforms New sustainable and renewable materials - including the Latitude 5000 series
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"The Latitude 5000 series plays a big role in this
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It's our biggest selling PC; so investing in sustainability features helps ensure we can make an impact at scale," Motes added.
"This The new collection offers conscious design choices to increase the use of recyclable and renewable content, and even expands our use of ocean plastics in packaging to products
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In the new Latitude 5000 products, Dell uses laptop lids made from 71 percent recycled and renewable materials, including post-consumer recycled polycarbonate (30 percent), bioplastics upcycled from the paper industry (21 percent) ) and recycled carbon fiber (20%)
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The base of the machine is also made of recycled carbon fiber (20%)
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In addition, the fan casing of the laptop contains 28% recycled plastic from the ocean
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Dell upcycles PET from the ocean through chemical recycling and uses it to replace PBT used in fan casings
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The two polymers are "chemically similar, so PET monomer is often used to produce PBT
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Elsewhere in its business, Dell uses marine bioplastics in fan housings for its Precision 3000 mobile workstations, as well as fans and fan housings for Dell's OptiPlex Micro desktops and Precision workstations
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Dell's EcoLoop Pro backpacks, sleeves and briefcases also feature 100% marine bioplastic for the exterior main fabric
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The new Latitude 5000 series laptops have bio-rubber feet made from castor oil (39%)
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This biorubber is also used in the bottom bumper of the Dell Latitude 7430, 7530 and Precision 3000 series mobile workstations
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"You'll often hear us talk about our 2030 blueprint," Motes said.
"By 2030, for every product we sell, an equivalent product and packaging will be reused or recycled, and half of our products will be recycled by or renewable materials
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” A recent announcement of the Latitude 5000 shows, “We are accelerating our packaging goals – our first packaging is made from 100% recycled or renewable materials, while the packaging is 100% efficient.
% are recycled
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Motes said: “We are at the beginning of the 10-year commitment we set for ourselves
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We still have more work to do, but we are working in the right direction to achieve all our goals
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To accelerate progress, We are investing in and continually evaluating initiatives to apply our technology, scale and talent pool to address these complex challenges
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These initiatives will compound our progress in 2030 and beyond
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