E-waste recycling

How is electronic waste recycled?

November 5, 2011

As Australia’s leading electronic waste company, we collect and recycle hundreds of items of ewaste every week. Many of our customers are trying hard to do the right thing with their obsolete computers and televisions; others just can’t wait to get rid of the fridge that’s been wasting space for months. Whatever the story and [...]

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The forgotten fate of your electronic waste

November 5, 2011

A recent investigation by Dateline has revealed the shocking truths behind the illegal export of electronic waste. At 1800Ewaste, we’re no strangers to writing articles and posting videos showing clips of electronic waste being dumped and burnt in developing countries, but even we were appalled by what we saw when SBS approached us for this [...]

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The Basel Convention – Combating the illegal trafficking of hazardous waste.

September 13, 2011

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was brought into force in 1992 in order to prevent the transportation of hazardous wastes to developing countries. Over 170 countries have now joined the convention, including Australia who became a member of the Basel Convention on the 5th February [...]

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Who pays the price for your free electronic waste collections?

September 13, 2011

Trying to do the right thing when it comes to disposing of your electronic waste can be difficult – you are no longer allowed to put electronic waste out with your council rubbish collections and it’s becoming more and more common for local tips to refuse your old computers and analogue televisions. So, when you [...]

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Electronic waste and office clear outs

September 13, 2011

At 1800Ewaste we have always stressed the impact of technological advances and how it’s sent computers, telephones and multitudes of other electronics hurtling towards the dump faster than it takes to load a website. Businesses and offices across every industry are feeling the effects of this more than ever before. What happens at your office [...]

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The Importance of Data Destruction in a computer based world.

August 3, 2011

In today’s computer based society, gaining access to other people’s personal details has never been easier. Online social media only makes your personal details even more accessible as we literally post our most personal information on profiles for everyone to see. Sure, you can make your profile private and allow only your friends to see [...]

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Lack of awareness about e-waste recycling in Australia

August 3, 2011

Are we good recyclers? That depends on what you think should be recycled. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics almost every Australian household (99%) participated in some form of recycling or reusing of waste in the 12 months prior to March 2009, a very positive statistic and one that has been gradually rising for [...]

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Computer Disposal – the wrong way and the right way.

June 6, 2011

In some way, shape or form computers have become central to almost everything we do. Most agree that technological advancement will not, and should not, be slowed, however, we do need to consider the enormous pile of computer waste we’re generating in the wake of this rapid advancement. According to the Environment Protection and Heritage [...]

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World Environment Day 2011 – A time to think about recycling your ewaste…

June 6, 2011

The 5th June 2011, will see the United Nations celebrate its annual World Environment Day. Every year the UN use the 5th June to raise awareness of environmental issues facing the world today as well as encourage political action. This year’s theme focuses on Forests: Nature at your service and stresses the need to protect [...]

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Thank you for organising the collection of our Ewaste.

July 16, 2010

Hi Katie, Just wanted to thank you for organising the collection of our e-waste. The guys that came to collect the equipment were very prompt and cleared it all very quickly. Much appreciated Mavis VIC

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