eCycle – a buzz word with serious meaning

Ecycle refers to the recycling of electronic waste, an issue that concerns us all. Electronic waste is one of the biggest, if not the biggest issue the waste industry faces today. Electronic waste, or ewaste as it is now more commonly known is being generated at three times the rate of any other municipal waste stream. However unlike other municipal waste in Australia, there is no national or even state-based infrastructure for removing it, let alone recycling it. Australia’s pile of ewaste is increasing at an alarming rate, and even more alarming is the rate at which we’re depositing it into landfill, where the