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INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTS AND INNOVATION

Dell Technologies announces Concept last year alone, Dell introduced closed-loop
aluminium from out-of-use hard drives
Luna in collaboration with Intel and bioplastics made from tree waste in

the paper-making process, and scaled its
use of reclaimed carbon fibre to over 544
ell Technologies has announced the arrival of Concept Luna, the first prototype for a thousand kg.
parallel innovation workstream, to accelerate circular design of Dell’s products. With
Dgrowing concerns about the climate crisis, e-waste and resource constraints, Dell Key highlights of Concept Luna include:
explored how it could push reuse to the limit and dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of • A reduced product carbon footprint:
its products. A proof-of-concept developed in collaboration with Intel, Concept Luna explores new ways to increase energy efficiency,
revolutionary design ideas to make components immediately accessible, replaceable and deliver better power and cooling, and
reusable—reducing resource use and keeping even more circular materials in the economy. experiment with materials that have a
Concept Luna was created to test what could be possible, not to be manufactured and smaller carbon footprint to help deliver
sold. But if all the design ideas in Concept Luna were realised, it could result in an estimated a more decarbonised device.
50% reduction in overall product carbon footprint. i • A future vision of reuse, repair and
The commitments Dell has made to deliver positive environmental impact span decades, recreating: move from use, then recycle,
and its ambitious goals to accelerate the circular economy and achieve net zero greenhouse to use, reuse multiple times and then
gas emissions, have never been more mission-critical. The company’s current circular design recycle when the material is no longer
practices continue to drive leadership across its product portfolio in pursuit of these goals. In the usable in its original form. This iteration
of Concept Luna does just that. It shows
a vision for what could be.

Concept Luna is a strong example of
how Dell is exploring new ways to
dramatically accelerate progress towards
its goals. Proving what might be possible is
only the first step; the next is to take these
innovative, sustainable design ideas and
evaluate which have the greatest potential
to scale across the product portfolio.
Concept Luna and future iterations will build
on the existing circular economy leadership,
across Dell’s product portfolio to examine,
re-examine and reconsider every step of
the product lifecycle to deliver even more
sustainable products in the future.

i Baseline used for comparisons is Dell
Latitude 7300 Anniversary Edition

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