Dell using VMware’s blockchain to track recycled packaging

Cloud and virtualization software company VMware is working with Dell Technologies to track and trace the latter’s recycled packaging material using blockchain. VMware’s Pratima Gluckman shared a few details regarding the project during an interview with GreenBiz. Southeast Asia accounts for 60% of the total ocean plastic, reports Nikkei. Most laptop and computer peripheral makers, including Dell, have strong supply chains in Southeast Asia. The company is using this to its advantage by adding recycled products in its supply chain. In 2014, the company started incorporating plastics recovered from e-waste recyclers and recycled into new parts. The idea is to create a circular economy, to prevent plastic from entering the oceans. The firm aims to prevent three million pounds of plastic from entering the oceans in the next five years.

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