Dell registers printer products under EPEAT: Stakes and Opportunity.

For those who unfamiliar, EPEAT is a global registry for greener electronics. Its goal is to help companies, governments and customers to know that for example the computers and monitors they were buying had been designed respecting the environment.

To join the movement, since February 12, 2013, Dell becomes one of the first companies to register printer products under EPEAT’s new imaging standard (IEEE 1680.2) for printers, copiers and other imaging equipment.

This means that Dell products henceforth must meet at least 33 required environmental criteria. 

Stakeholder representatives from governments, environmental groups, researchers, purchasers, recyclers, Dell and manufacturers have developed the standard during a four-year process.

You can read more about Dell’s use of eco-labels here.