E-Waste Collection of the Year
24 July, 2008
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Brisbane City Council will hold the first e-waste collection of the year this weekend, announced Environment Parks and Sustainability Chair Peter Matic.
Council has quadrupled collections from once to four times a year, as part of an election commitment to reduce hazardous toxins released into the environment, and reuse valuable e-material.
Cr Matic said this weekend Council wanted discarded laptops, keyboards, mobile phones, stereos and any other electronic equipment people do not want - for recycling.
“Last year we collected a massive 181 tonnes – and this year we want to do even better, diverting more e-waste away from our landfill,” he said.
“There are six locations across the city for people to drop off the electronic gear they would otherwise throw away.
The two-day event on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 July gives residents the opportunity to recycle e-waste responsibly at no charge.
“We’re asking residents, businesses and schools to gather it all up rather than dumping it in wheelie bins,” Cr Matic said.
E-waste contains a range of toxins including lead and mercury which are hazardous to humans and the environment.
“We want to protect Brisbane’s natural environment by reducing the toxins leaching out into the ground from landfill - and by reusing valuable resources,” Cr Matic said.
Over 90 per cent of unused mobile phones can be recycled and 95 per cent of computers and televisions.
Council thanks Apple and Sims|E-Recycling for making this event possible.
Items accepted at the following locations 9am to 4pm on 26 and 27 July:
•Rochedale Landfill, Gardner Road, Rochedale (UBD Map 202 Ref B18)
•Sims|E-Recycling, 72 Crockford Street, Northgate (UBD Map 121 Ref B14)
•Wilston SES Depot, 66 Wilston Road, Newmarket (enter from Erneton Street UBD Map 139 Ref H14)
•Brisbane City Council’s works depot, 38 Shamrock Street, Darra (UBD Map 198 Ref B12)
•Brisbane City Parks Depot, Josling Street, Toowong (UBD Map 178 Ref R1)
•Brisbane City Parks Depot, Herbert Street, Lota (UBD Map 163 Ref L11).
The following items will be accepted:
Desktop PCs, laptops, hard drives, keyboards, computer mice, computer power supplies, circuit boards, motherboards, network and memory cards, floppy disc and CD drives, printers, scanners, televisions, mobile phones, photocopiers, fax machines, answering phones, telephones, electronic games and toys. Household and entertainment appliances such as videos, DVD players, hi-fi equipment, stereos, speakers, digital or video cameras.
The following items will not be accepted:
Kitchen appliances, microwaves, whitegoods, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers or alarm clocks.