Dell goes green with packaging for Mini 10 and 10v netbooks D

Lots of people and companies today are concerned about the environment. One of the things that many electronics makers are trying to do is reduce the packaging that they use to cut waste that ends up in landfills and reduce pollution resulting from making the materials. It also helps that by reducing packaging the companies can save money.

The latest company looking to go green with its computer packaging is Dell. The world's second largest computer shipper is set to unveil new green packaging on its Mini 10 and Mini 10v netbooks. Rather than using foam to protect the netbooks during shipment the new packaging will use filler materials made from green and renewable bamboo.



The outer boxes are also now being made from 25% post-consumer materials and Dell plans to use similar packaging on more of its products in 2010. If you are wondering why bamboo is the chosen material, Dell offers up a few tidbits on the wood. Bamboo can grow as much as 609mm per day. Bamboo is also very strong with a tensile strength similar to that of steel.

Bamboo is also good for the environment and helps prevent soil erosion. Dell is sourcing its bamboo from China and points out that the bamboo forests it is using are far from the habitat of the Panda.