Computer maker Dell has announced that over a quarter of its global electricity requirements are now met from renewable energy sources.

In a statement released this week Dell said it has increased its use of renewables from 20 percent in 2008 to 26 percent. The increase is down to a series of new "energy partnerships" according to Dell in countries including the UK, Germany, Sweden, and Norway. Power providers include Scottish Power, Swalec and EVH.

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Following the news that US legislation may continue to allow the dumping of electronic waste in the developing world, computer re-use experts have warned that governments must get tougher over cracking-down on the trade.
Earlier this week legislation designed to curb the US exporting elec… Continue

Computer maker Dell claims that it is tightening up its policies around the export of so-called e-waste to the developing world but critics say this does not go far enough.

The company announced on Tuesday that it has become the first computer maker to ban the export of non-working elec… Continue

Suppliers who try to charge end-users extra for supplying metrics about the carbon impact and energy usage of their equipment will get short-shrift from government departments such as the Department of Work and Pensions.

Speaking at the Green IT '09 conference in London late last week, the director of supplier relationship and performance management for the UK's Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Frank Tudor, said that he would not tolerate being asked to pay extra for green services.

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Government IT departments could be asked to use some IT equipment for up to ten years and avoid unnecessary refreshes according to the body leading green tech regulation in the UK.

Speaking late last week at the Green IT '09 conference in London, Cabinet Office deputy champion for green ICT Catalina McGregor, said that as well as facing mandated targets, government departments will be asked to potentially hold onto existing IT kit even longer.

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