Within the next two years, the computer maker will switch the back lights of all laptop screens to energy-efficient and mercury-free LEDs, a move the company says will lead to significant energy savings.

The first line of laptops will ship on December 15 of this year, and the remaining will be transitioned over the course of the coming months.

In making the announcement, Dell explained that not only will the products contain less toxic materials and thus be easier to recyle, but they will be more energy efficient, saving along the lines of 40 percent or more energy. Dell estimates that its customers will save around $10 million in energy bills by 2010.

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LONDON, UK -- Green IT systems have moved past the stage of marketing hype and are a genuine business imperative for many firms, according to a major new European survey which found that almost half of large UK IT departments now have a green IT strategy in place.

The survey of more than 450 Western European firms, each boasting more than 1,000 staff and at least one data center, was carried out by analyst firm IDC and found that IT departments in the UK and Germany had the most progressive attitude to addressing environmental issues with 46 per cent and 51 per cent respectively already claiming to have a green IT strategy in place.

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