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Ewaste Collection and Recycling

Ewaste refers to unwanted consumer electronic devices and equipment which are believed as not suitable for dumping in landfills because of the heavy metal that they contain. These can include stereos, computers, televisions, printers, VCRs, fax machines, mobile phones and electronic games. These electronics are said to contain copper, lead and other heavy metals that are potentially toxic and dangerous to the environment. At present, ewaste is considered as the largest growing waste stream. While they can be hazardous not only to the environment but to humans and other living beings, ewaste also has materials that are still valuable and most of all renewable.

By 1800ewaste|2024-01-14T12:36:26+11:00January 14th, 2024|Ewaste Articles|

Why Australia needs to be aware of the right and wrong way to recycle their electronic waste.

According to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the exportation of electronic waste to developing countries is illegal. 92 Countries around the world have ratified the Basel Convention, agreeing not to export their ewaste without the appropriate licenses in place. However, a Greenpeace report states that after “inspections of 18 European seaports in 2005, as much as 47% of waste destined for export, including ewaste, were illegal.” The practise of exporting electronic waste therefore, is clearly continuing despite the regulations of the Basel Convention, and it’s not just the law that this illegal trade is

By 1800ewaste|2023-05-08T18:14:39+10:00May 8th, 2023|Ewaste Articles|

Dedicated to Australia : Electronic waste recycling for Australians, by Australians

The weather, our beaches, our heritage, our wonderful scenery, our exotic creatures, our skills on the Barbie…there are plenty of things that make Australia great and, at 1800Ewaste, we’re dedicated to keeping it that way. We’re passionate about diverting as much electronic waste from Australian landfill as humanly possible, by campaigning for electronic waste recycling across the country. A CRT monitor in landfill can last a lifetime The old style computer monitors and televisions are also known as CRT monitors and these monitors are jam packed with harmful chemicals. They have it all, from cadmium – a cancerous chemical, to lead and mercury. By

By 1800ewaste|2022-09-08T13:31:52+10:00April 27th, 2022|Ewaste Articles|

National Recycling Week 2010

5 Reasons to Recycle your Electronics Waste with 1800Ewaste. We all know that we should recycle, but do we really know why? On the 88th to the 14th November, Planet Ark is launching National Recycling Week 2010 to raise awareness of the importance of recycling and to educate communities about waste management. With NRW2010 fast approaching, we thought it would be a good time to start considering the benefits of recycling our electronic waste. 1. We divert 95-98% of all the electronics waste that we collect, by weight, from landfill. When electronic waste is sent to landfill hazardous wastes can end up leaking into

By 1800ewaste|2022-09-08T13:33:13+10:00January 27th, 2022|Ewaste Articles|

Product Stewardship Australia – An Ewaste Update

At 1800Ewaste we like to keep track of new and developing government initiatives towards electronic waste. If you’ve read our other articles, you’ll know that one such initiative we’ve followed closely is one put forward by Product Stewardship Australia. The PSA proposed a change to the way electronic waste was dealt with by passing back the responsibility of recycling to the manufacturer. However, according to the PSA the legislation aimed to be in place by 2011. We’re now nearly half way through the year and little seems to have changed in way of electronic waste recycling – so what has happened to the PSA? Government requests

By 1800ewaste|2021-11-28T21:00:02+11:00November 28th, 2021|Ewaste Articles|

Electronic Waste by Numbers : Recycling & the World

At 1800Ewaste we tend to focus on the issues facing Australia and the ever growing, ever present issue of electronic waste recycling. However, we thought it was about time we to shift the focus, and the blame, by having a look at electronic waste and recycling statistics in the United States and the U.K… Supersize my Television…the obsession with larger than life televisions is not a good omen for ewaste in the U.S.A US consumers bought 3.3 million HD televisions just in time for the Super Bowl in 2010. Of the 2.25 million tonnes obsolete electronics in 2007, 82% were discarded…into landfill. By 2008,

By 1800ewaste|2021-02-07T19:42:35+11:00February 7th, 2021|Ewaste Articles|

How is electronic waste recycled?

How is electronic waste recycled?

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 whatever your intentions, we are often asked the same question regarding our services…. “What do you do when you collect our electronic waste?” Once you’ve organised a collection with one of our sales team, the rest is up to us. The driver will arrive in the agreed two

By 1800ewaste|2021-05-03T12:11:35+10:00January 10th, 2021|Ewaste Articles|

Protecting your electronic waste from “fake” recyclers.

In our previous article on Fake Ewaste Recycling, we highlighted the issue of fake recycling companies illegally exporting electronic waste and the damage they were causing to public health and the environment. It can be easy to shrug off the damage our Ewaste is doing overseas by claiming that it doesn’t affect you, and possibly that we are helping their economy by providing employment for poverty stricken areas. A report for PBS however, reveals that the downsides of illegal exporting is closer to home than we think. The report suggested that criminal organisations in Ghana "comb through" the electronic waste exported from the U.S

By 1800ewaste|2020-11-29T19:27:55+11:00November 29th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

Electronic Waste – Australia vs. The World

Electronic Waste – Australia vs. The World

A government report has predicted that, without the introduction of an e-waste recycling program, the amount of electronic waste in Australian landfill will treble by 2020 and be close to 700 million items. As a country, Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to government recycling initiatives, but how does our outlook on the environment compare to the rest of the world? Greendex 2010 – Survey of Sustainable Consumption Greendex is a study by National Geographic and Globescan to evaluate global consumer attitude and choices towards the environment. The survey used the opinions of 17,000 consumers in 17 countries

By 1800ewaste|2020-10-18T14:17:23+11:00October 18th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

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

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

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 1992. Transportation of hazardous waste received much negative press throughout the 1980’s with several high profile cases regarding the shipment of toxic waste. One such story involved the Khian Sea ship which, in 1986, spent 16 months sailing around the world with 14, 000 tonnes of toxic ash from

By 1800ewaste|2020-10-18T14:30:43+11:00June 28th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|