E Waste In Adelaide
What is it? ‘E-waste’ or Electronic waste is the waste associated with the use and disposal of electronic equipment such as computers, televisions and printers. E-waste can contain a broad range of materials including toxic heavy metals, metal circuitry, mixed plastics, fire retardants and glass. Due to these hazardous type products E Waste Should not be disposed of in a landfill, recycling the goods helps save our environment. The problem with disposal of these items is growing significantly in Australia as there is a fast uptake and turnover of electronic products. Although Australia does not currently have a national e-waste recycling scheme, there are collection programs for some of these wastes. They include:

Computers and their Peripherals: There are a number of companies that either recycle, refurbish or reuse computers in your state. For locations in your area see the website recommended below. Also, The AIIA (Australian Information Industry Association) has set up an Environment Special Interest Group to develop a national approach to computer recycling.

Televisions: The Consumer Electronics Suppliers’ Association (CESA) has formed a not-for-profit company called Product Stewardship Australia Ltd, in order to promote and manage environmentally-sound disposal and recycling of TVs. Visit the website recommended below to keep up to date with the developments on this project.

Printers/Photocopiers: If they are still in good working order or are fairly new, reuse or refurbishment may be an option. For locations in your area see the website below or contact the manufacturer.

Printer Cartridges: The voluntary extended producer responsibility program called ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’ is supported and funded by seven of Australia’s leading print manufacturers. All types and brands of printer cartridges are accepted for recycling.

Mobile Phones: The official mobile phone industry recycling program is called MobileMuster. It is run by AMTA (Australia Mobile Telecommunication Association) and is funded solely by its members. For more information on this program and other mobile phone recycling programs, visit …

http://recyclingnearyou.com.au/computers/AdelaideSA

Looking to clean the place up a little? Don’t want to throw all your waste into landfill?
Save the environment, by recycling as much as you can first.

If you reside in the City of Perth your council has organised some great recycling options for you.
Check out this website for all the information you need:

http://recyclingnearyou.com.au/council/PerthWA

It outlines how to dispose of a particular type of rubbish (from asbestos to check out bags!)provides info on curbside collections as well as drop off facilities.

The team at bookabin receive a lot of enquiries from customers asking what bin type they need when they have a mixture of heavy waste and cleanfill waste?

Heavy waste and general waste together is classed as mixed heavy waste which unfortunately none of our suppliers service. What we suggest doing is getting a quote for a smaller size general waste bin and a quote for the cleanfill bin then compare the prices - often it equals roughly the same price as a larger bin. Remember a cleanfill bin also has no weight limit.

Cyclone Yasi crossing Queensland has been downgraded to category 3 but is still leaving scenes of devastation in its wake. The true extent of the damage won’t be known until daylight breaks but Queenslanders are being warned to expect carnage.

Yasi moved onshore in Northeast Queensland this morning with reports of hundreds of thousands of homes across the state now without power and people in the town of Tully reporting roofs being torn from houses. 18 meter high waves have also been recorded.

We hope you are all ok up there!

Looking for a skip bin in Two Rocks?

We have 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9 cubic meter bins available in general waste and green garden waste. If you are having a household clean out or tidying up your garden then have a look at the Bookabin website.

Bookabin makes bin hire as simple as possible, when you get a quote from bookabin you are getting the best price available from all of the suppliers we have in our database.