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Shareholder Coalition Led by As You Sow Foundation, Calvert Makes a Dent in Mountain of E-Waste.

Byline: As You Sow

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A coalition of investors led by As You Sow Foundation and Calvert Group Ltd. announced a key milestone in their electronic waste (E-waste) initiative as Dell Inc. (DELL - NASDAQ) became the first U.S. computer company to publicly release a global recycling goal. Dell's goal commits the company to recycling 50 percent more used and obsolete computer equipment in its 2005 fiscal year than it did in fiscal 2004.

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