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Dell to allow consumers to donate used PCs to charity
Howard Lake | 23 September 2004 | News
Computer manufacturer Dell is to allow UK consumers the opportunity to donate their used PC systems to charity by selecting the ‘donate’ option within Dell’s Recycling Web site, at no cost to the customer.
The service will be available by the end of the year, say Dell, and initially only to UK consumer customers.
After selecting the ‘donate’ option they will then be transferred to the National Cristina Foundation’s UK partner, ReCOM, who will arrange the donation. ReCOM will place donated computers with partner charities: initially these will be located in the West Midlands but the programme will then be rolled out throughout the UK.
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Pat Nathan, Dell’s global Sustainable Business Director, explained:
“Dell has been working with the National Cristina Foundation in the U.S., Canada and Ireland to offer consumers the ability to donate old computer hardware to worthy causes.
“The new UK programme will mirror these initiatives, helping convert one person’s unwanted kit into a life expanding tool for those who have not previously had the benefit of such computer technology.”
The charitable donations programme is announced on the same day that Dell launches its UK recycling programme for all businesses and consumers. This anticipates by nearly a year the introduction of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation which requires IT manufacturers to take responsibility for the disposal of their products.
- Charity asks people to store donated goods amid COVID lockdown (4 May 2020)
- Oxfam tackles problem of unsaleable donated items (15 September 2005)
- 10 things you didn’t expect you could donate to charity (10 November 2014)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.