computer recycling

Solutions For E-Waste Disposal in Sydney

As the largest city in Australia, Sydney contributes the most E-Waste within the country. For the over 4 million residents of Australia’s largest city, it is important to understand where and how their electronics can be properly disposed of in order to lead the rest of the nation with this positive habit. Rather than allow old, outdated or broken electronics litter landfills across New South Wales, Sydney residents should be aware of the following E-Waste solutions, to curb the national trend of a growing E-Waste problem. As in most areas, the services of 1300 RUBBISH, 1800 EWASTE will ensure the proper disposal of your

By |2020-10-18T14:25:26+11:00August 23rd, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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Monitoring the effects of our obsolete CRT monitors

CRTs, or cathode ray tubes as they’re formerly known, make up the inside of old style television sets and computer monitors. That hefty looking thing in the attic taking up most of the space? That’s probably your old analogue CRT television . A CRT is a vacuum tube that contains an electron gun and florescent screen used to view images. The face of a CRT is usually made up of a thick lead to protect its delicate interior and block the harmful X-Ray emissions from the viewer. Make way CRTs, LCD coming through… With the boom in technological advances over recent years, the CRT

By |2020-10-18T14:26:13+11:00August 9th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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White Goods Collection at your Convenience.

Upgrading your kitchen appliances is all part of today’s technology based world. Why stick with a standard fridge when you can have a fridge that makes ice and pours cold water on demand? The problem arises, however, when it comes to disposing of your redundant white goods. 1.) Resell your dishwasher? You may plan to resell your old appliance and, if you’re lucky, get a bit of money back to go towards purchasing your new one. However, in today's tech-obsessed society, more and more people are choosing to invest in brand new kitchen appliances as they will often get more life out of them.

By |2020-10-18T14:28:25+11:00July 12th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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The forgotten fate of your electronic waste

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 investigation. Take a look at the video if you don’t believe us, and watch out for some familiar names and faces while you’re at it. "Destroying the air quality…..irreparable damage to your health" Electronic waste and its effects The Dateline investigation shows the very real damage that illegally exporting

By |2022-09-08T13:37:46+10:00May 17th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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More Tips for Recycling e waste

As e waste continues to expand and spiral out of control, it is essential for consumers to take note and begin to comprehend the environmental effect of e-waste. What is e waste? E waste stands for Electronic Waste and encompasses all old technology whether it is broken, obsolete, or simply discarded after being replaced by newer models and includes everything from VCR players, computer printers and video games. In order to avoid your old technology from adding to the e waste statistics, it is important to recycle! Prior to simply throwing your old technology out, consider your options. Do you have a family member

By |2020-04-05T07:31:31+10:00April 5th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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Computer Disposal – the wrong way and the right way.

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 Council, 15.7 million computers reached ‘end-of-life’ in Australia in 2007/2008, of this 15.7 million, only 1.5million were recycled, that’s less than 10%. The question is…. what happened to the other 14.2 million computers? Hopefully some are being stored awaiting proper disposal but the sad reality is the vast majority

By |2020-03-22T08:29:57+11:00March 22nd, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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A Million Reasons Why You Should Recycle Your E-Waste

The world’s endemic E-Waste problem continues to grow and spiral rapidly out of control… …as people continue to incorrectly dispose of their old electronics. E-Waste is essentially old technology E-Waste is essentially old technology no longer in use as it is broken, obsolete or has been replaced by a newer model. This encompasses everything from fax machines to printers to video game consoles. As technology makes giant leaps and bounds at incredible rates E-Waste significantly multiplies as populations clamour for the new ‘best’ phone, computer and video game. E-Waste statistics are frightening. As I have previously discussed in other articles posted on this site,

By |2020-02-23T08:28:43+11:00February 23rd, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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Is Australia lagging behind when it comes to ewaste legislation?

In a world where we update our technology almost as often as we change out socks, you’d think that getting rid of ewaste would be getting easier. But it seems that, in Australia, we’re falling behind in our race against ewaste. The Australian government published a fact sheet on their National Waste Policy that stated that “waste generation has continued to grow and our increased efforts at recycling and reuse are not keeping up”. However, if you’ve ever struggled to get rid of your electronic waste, you’ll understand us when we question what “increased efforts” the government is talking about here. It

By |2020-01-26T08:24:45+11:00January 26th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|
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Who pays the price for your free electronic waste collections?

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 finally find someone that will accept your old ewaste, and they say that they’ll do it for FREE, you might think you’ve found the answer to all your ewaste problems – but what is really happening to your Ewaste? Be wary of “Fake" Recycling Companies Recent reports

By |2019-12-15T08:13:40+11:00December 15th, 2019|Ewaste Articles|
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Computer recycling

Computer recycling protects more than just the environment In such a digitally advanced world, most of our personal information can now be accessed at the click of a button. From social media sites to online banking, there has never been so much sensitive information on our computers, mobile phones and laptops. So when it comes to throwing away your obsolete electronics, we may need to think carefully about where we dump them. You wouldn’t throw your old passport onto the street, so why leave your old computer and e-waste on the kerb? Fraud has become a very real and very expensive threat to people

By |2019-12-01T08:13:33+11:00December 1st, 2019|Ewaste Articles|
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