Blade Watch

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/08/dell_box_multipack/

Customers can now receive up to four 1U systems or 10 blades in a single box. Each of the special Multipack boxes has a built-in corrugated pallet, removing the need for a wooden one. In addition, Dell will only send out one set of product manuals and CDs per box under the Multipack agenda.

All told, Dell thinks this plan will result in 2,000 tons of cardboard savings per year. It will also cut back on 1,000 tons of wood pallets, 300 tons of paper, 80 tons of polyethylene and 40 tons of plastic. Before you hit send on that e-mail, these estimates come from Paper Calculator.org.

Very cool, reducing the amount of packaging used during the distribution process can assist in reducing the carbon footprint of your product as well as saving money on printing the manuals and the cdroms. Dell doing this will hopefully encourage the other manufacturers to follow suit..

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