Ewaste Forum

Our everyday electronics might look like innocent, hugely useful, ‘how did I ever live without them’ type objects, but they’re actually filled to the brim with toxic, poisonous materials, such as lead and mercury to name but a few. Given the chance, these chemicals can be seriously damaging to human health and the environment; so […]

Ewaste in Europe – The Facts According to Science Daily, only about 25% of Europe’s medium sized household appliances and 40% of larger appliances are collected for salvage and recycling, which suggests “substantial room for improvement.” A study for the European Commission by a U.N University estimates that ewaste will rise 2.5 – 2.7% per […]

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States discarded 1.5 – 1.9 million tonnes of computers, TV’s, VCR’s, monitors, cell phones and other electronic equipment in 2005. By 2008 this figure had increased to 3.16 million tonnes highlighting how America’s ewaste problem has spiralled out of control. Only 13.6% of this figure,…[Read more]

Obsolete electronic equipment, also known as “e-waste”, is fast becoming the largest waste stream in the UK with 1.2 million tonnes of electronic waste being produced each year, according to the UK Environment Agency. This figure is estimated to grow by 800,000 tonnes each year, and will continue to increase with 25% of the population […]

Be wary of “Fake” Recycling Companies Recent reports in America have highlighted the rise of “fake” recycling companies, who claim to recycle electronic waste within the U.S, when it’s actually being exported illegally. A report by 60 Minutes on American news network CBS, tracked several cartons of obsolete CRT monitors from Denver to Hong Kong […]

Most electronic waste goes through a recycling system called a WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), which not only recycles 95-98%, by weight, of all ewaste passed through it, but ensures that any data left on hard drives and memories are thoroughly destroyed too. Picking Shed – first all the items are sorted by hand and batteries […]

We’ve all seen the devastating impact on lives, property, stock and the environment the floods have caused throughout south east Queensland during recent months. And we’ve watched with a sense of pride at the true Aussie spirit of mateship that has united communities in the massive cleanup efforts that have helped those affected by the […]

Now that the madness of the festive season has been and gone, along with most of the New Year resolutions you swore would last more than a couple of days, perhaps it’s a good time to focus on a New Year’s resolution that will not only make you feel good but will also make a […]

Every household in Australia that owns one or more television sets knows that the digital television rollout initiated by the Australian government is well under way and scheduled for completion by 2013. We’ve all seen the multitude of TV and media ads, right? The government has even gone to the trouble and expense of creating […]