e-waste

News

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  E-waste recycling scheme launches in Canberra

  The industry-run and -funded National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme, has opened for business in Canberra today.

• Canberra first to receive e-waste recycling scheme

  Canberra will be the first jurisdiction to dispose unwanted electronics under the incoming national e-waste recycling scheme.

• National e-waste recycling scheme signs second provider

  The Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform (ANZRP) has become the second service provider to join the national e-waste recycling scheme, following DHL Supply Chain earlier this month.

• E-waste must be managed better: Experts

  Electronic waste is a global time bomb and regulations must be tightened to prevent toxic contamination from mobile phones, computers and other electronic goods, experts say.

• WA government renews focus on e-waste

  The Western Australia Government is moving to better manage its e-waste through the institution of a new whole of government common use arrangement (CUA) for the disposal of ICT equipment.

• WA Government hand-outs focus on e-waste

  The Western Australian State Government will provide $400,000 in funding to 12 metropolitan waste depots and regional councils in an effort to improve collection and recycling of electronic waste.

• UN warns developing countries of growing e-waste

  Developing countries need to prepare for an avalanche of e-waste generated by PCs, consumer electronics and appliances, the United Nations said in a study released Monday.

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  Aussies accused of hoarding mobile phones

  New statistics revealed 14 to 16 million unused mobile phones are lying in homes and offices around the country

• Local councils split on e-waste curb-side collection bans

  Local councils across Australia are split on whether to ban curb-side collection of electronic waste to keep toxic chemicals out of landfill two months after the Federal Government announced a national recycling scheme.

• Recycling scheme a waste without expansion

  The Federal Government will need to create more than 1000 electronic-waste collection points — some 800 more than currently planned — to meet its 2020 recycling targets.

• TVs and computers to be targeted in e-waste recycling program

  Computers and televisions will be the first products regulated as part of a national recycling scheme endorsed by state and federal environment ministers. Federal environment minister, Peter Garrett said in a statement that the new "industry-run national collection and recycling scheme" will be up and running in or before 2011.

• Slideshow: Dell recycling day

  Dell Australia & ANU collect about 30 tonnes of ewaste at a free computer recycling event in Canberra

• E-waste recycling plant eyes CRT expansion

  As many as 700,000 CRT monitors could be recycled every year if a new e-waste processing plant in Sydney gets the go-head for an expansion into televisions and computer monitors.

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  Plastic circuits to make tougher, greener computers

  Two Australian engineers are set to shake up the computer and electronics industries by discovering a way to make circuits out of plastic.

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  Garrett approves national e-waste recycling program

  Environment minister Peter Garrett has today given the nod to national e-waste recycling at a conference of state and federal environment ministers in Tasmania this week.