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• Dell to Stop Using Prison Workers, by Laurie Flynn, New York Times, July 4, 2003.

• Dell to Cease Prison Labor, by Clint Sweet, Sacramento Bee, July 4, 2003

• Dell Drops Recycling Company that Used Prison Labor,, by David Koenig, July 3, 2003. AP Story in San Jose Mercury News

• Recycling cheers, boos HP hailed, Dell dinged on computer e-waste, by Clint Swett, Sacramento Bee, June 27, 2003

• Group Criticizes Dell 'E-Waste' Program, by Rachel Konrad, AP Business Writer, article in San Jose Mercury News, June 26, 2003

• "2 PC Makers Given Credit and Blame in Recycling", by John Markoff, New York Times, June 25, 2003

• Dell's call to recycle draws flak, by Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, April 18, 2003

• High Tech Goes Green, by Ted Smith and Chad Raphael, Yes! A Journal of Positive Alternatives (Spring 2003) (Note: this is a PDF File.)

• Companies Pledge to recycle old pcs and tvs with care, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. February 25, 2003

• A Pledge to Recycle PCs Responsibly, Lisa Heyamoto, Seattle Times, February 25, 2003

• 15 take a stand on computer recycling, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - on-line edition

• Holmen firm pledges to recycle waste electronics, Lacrosse Tribune, February 25, 2003

• Recyclers Vow to Clean Up, by Sam Diaz, San Jose Mercury News, February 25, 2003

• Recyclers Pledge to Cut E-waste, by Katie Dean, Wired News, February 25, 2003

• Pakistan a dump for high-tech junk, Khalid Hasan, Daily Times, Pakistan, February 24, 2003

• Electronics Recyclers Pledge: “No Export, No Dumping, No Prisons”, by Greenbiz.com, February 25, 2003

• China Serves as a Dump Site for Computers, by Peter Goodman, Washington Post, February 24, 2003

• High-Tech Goes Green, by Ted Smith and Chad Raphael, Yes! a Journal of Positive Futures, Spring 2003

• Adopting Technology Case Study: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, by Marc Osten and Catherine James, TechSoup, February 14, 2003

• HP Gives Recyclers Credit On New Equipment, AP Story, February 6, 2003, Coverage on WESH-TV, FL; KITV, HI; KERO, CA; Channel4000, MN; WTAE-TV; PA; WCVB-TV, MA

• HP Goes Green, by Gretchen Hyman, Internet News February 6, 2003

• HP Launches Recycling Program with $50 Incentive, AP Story, February 6, 2003

• Garbage In, Garbage Out, by Steve Caulk, Rocky Mountain News, February 3, 2003

• HP blows by Dell on SV Green List, by Rhonda Ascierto, Silicon Valley BizInk, January 24, 2003

• EPA Invites Comments on TCE Contamination,Environment News Service, January 22, 2003

• Dell Faces Tough Market for Recycling, Eric Auchard, Reuters, January 20, 2003 (covered in Yahoo News and ITWeb, South Africa, and Reuters - UK)

• PC Waste: U.S. Companies Earn an "F", Alorie Gilbert, ZDNet News, also see CNet January 10, 2003

• E-waste efforts graded, Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, January 10, 2003

• U.S. Lags in Cutting Computer Waste, Business Week Online, January 10, 2003

• Activists say computer makers pollute earth, harm workers, TV:KAIT (ABC-TV) (Jonesboro, AZ); KSFY ABC-TV (South Dakota); WOOD TV (Michigan); WKYT (Kentucky); WSTM-TV (New York); WHNS (Fox) TV (North Carolina); WLOX-TV (Mississippi); KFVS-TV, Missouri; WAFF-TV (Alabama); KPLC-TV (Louisiana); KCUA-TV (Iowa); KRNV-TV (Nevada); WHO-TV (Iowa); WCAX-TV (Vermont); WLUC-TV (Michigan); WAVY-TV (Virginia); WISH (Indiana); WHAG (Maryland); WKBN (Ohio); WTVM (Georgia); KRQE (New Mexico); KAMC (Texas); WQAD (Illinois);
  Newspapers: Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida); Lakeland Ledger (Florida); Times Daily (Alabama); Walnut Creek Journal (California); Piedmonter (California); January 10, 2003

• E-waste: Dark Side of Digital Age, by Kendra Mayfield, Wired Magazine, January 10, 2003

• Activists Chide U.S. Computer Recycling, ABC News.com, January 9, 2003 (This article ran in many papers including the Malaysia Star

• Protest Slams Dell's Use of Prison Labor, CNN.com, January 10, 2003

• U.S. Lags in Reducing e-waste, report says, Associated Press, Rachel Konrad, January 10, 2003

• Environmentalists at Vegas trade show protest Dell's recycling, Associated Press, Reno Gazette Journal, January 10, 2003

• Protesters Decry Dell's prison labor use, by Angie Wagner, (AP Story), January 9, 2003 (This story also ran in: Wichita Eagle, Daily Times (Northwest Alabama), Lakeland Ledger (Florida), Sarasota Herald Tribune (Florida) Centre Daily.com, Tuscaloosa News (Alabama), Dayton Daily News (Ohio), KFOX-TV, San Jose Mercury News, ABC News, News Day.com, Guardian United Kingdom, Seattle Times, Rapid City Journal, Globe and Mail (Canada), San Francisco Chronicle, Australian News Interactive