Ewaste for Recycling
22 October, 2007
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Local Councillor (Dutton Park) Helen Abrahams is calling on City South News readers to put aside unwanted electrical items for this weekend’s electronic waste recycling day.
“Items such as old mobiles, laptops, monitors and keyboards can be dropped off for recycling this weekend free of charge from 9am until 4pm at various locations across Brisbane,” Cr Abrahams said.
“Typically, e-waste contains a range of toxins, including lead and mercury, which are hazardous to humans and the environment – so e-waste should not be put in green wheelie bins or landfill.
“More than 95 per cent of every computer, for example, can be recycled and used to make other products.
“At last year’s e-waste collection day, more than 50 tonnes was collected. This meant 50 tonnes of electronic devices were diverted from our landfills.
Items will be accepted at the following locations from 9am to 4pm on 27 and 28 October:
Brisbane Landfill, Gardner Road, Rochedale (UBD Map 202 Ref B18)
Sims|E-Recycling, 72 Crockford Street, Northgate. (UBD Map 121 Ref B14)
Brisbane City Council’s works depot, 38 Shamrock Street, Darra (UBD Map 198 Ref B12)
Brisbane City Council’s works depot, 9 Redfern Street, Balmoral (UBD Map 24 Ref R1)
SES Depot, 66 Windsor Road, Newmarket, enter from Erneton St ( UBD Map 139 Ref H14)
The following items will be accepted:
Desktop PCs, monitors, 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 electronic games and toys. Household and entertainment appliances such as videos, DVD players, hi-fi equipment, stereos, digital or video cameras will also be accepted.
The following items will not be accepted:
Kitchen appliances, microwaves, whitegoods, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers or alarm clocks.
Brisbane City Council has joined forces with Sims/E-Recycling. Computer manufacturer Apple is sponsoring the event with logistics managed by the InfoActiv Group.