Re: Sydney E-Waste experiences

Marickville council held their about 6 monthly chemical and ewaste take 
to depot day about 4 weeks ago, mine was all 
paint/chemical/batteries/gasbottles so I didnt get to see what they 
actually did with the ewaste, but there were people from an ewaste 
company there as well, so I dont think it all went to landfill.
Ken

On 04/03/11 21:32, Henare Degan wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 21:19, Simon Males<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> Hi Slug Chatters,
>>
>> As many geeks who have lived in the same place for a number years you
>> tend to accumulate quite a bit of aging, possible not working,
>> electronic equipment.
>>
>> I don't have the heart to push it along to landfill. The majority of
>> the E-Waste centres are in the western suburbs and I can't really get
>> there during business hours. I don't mind paying per kilo for my
>> waste, I think its fair.
>
> I'm lucky enough to live in the inner city and there's free E-Waste
> recycling that the City of Sydney carries out[0] every now and then.
>
>> Hoping for someone to share there experiences (rather then a search
>> engine result).
>
> At first I was concerned that it was just going to be recycled, rather
> than reused but they say, "Around 95 per cent of all E-waste collected
> on the day will be recovered and reused." so I've done it and it was
> easy.
>
>> PS Might be a feel good project to do a E-Waste drive from all parts
>> of Sydney to the recycling centres. Just a thought.
>
> That might be a good idea to get it into the good inner-city councils.
> I'm pretty sure Marrickville does the same thing.
>
>> PPS Am I the only one who wishes to thoughtfully dispose of E-Waste?
>
> Most definitely not! I really wanted to get my old machines working
> and used by people. Just because I need the latest and greatest
> doesn't mean everyone does!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Henare
>
> [0] http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Residents/WasteAndRecycling/Services/Ewaste.asp
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