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Ewaste is for life, not just for Christmas

As Christmas draws to a close for another year and we prepare to celebrate the New Year, we often find that our drawers and shelves are bursting to the brim with a mixture of old, new and obsolete. And in a an era where technology is forever being updated and improved, household ewaste stocks are fast becoming out of control. With the increase in iPad, iPad 2 and Kindle sales this Christmas, how many normal old laptops do you think will be taking pride of place at the back of your cupboards this year? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Alternative ways for ewaste preservation At

By 1800ewaste|2020-03-08T08:29:40+11:00March 8th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

A Million Reasons Why You Should Recycle Your E-Waste

The world’s endemic E-Waste problem continues to grow and spiral rapidly out of control… …as people continue to incorrectly dispose of their old electronics. E-Waste is essentially old technology E-Waste is essentially old technology no longer in use as it is broken, obsolete or has been replaced by a newer model. This encompasses everything from fax machines to printers to video game consoles. As technology makes giant leaps and bounds at incredible rates E-Waste significantly multiplies as populations clamour for the new ‘best’ phone, computer and video game. E-Waste statistics are frightening. As I have previously discussed in other articles posted on this site,

By 1800ewaste|2020-02-23T08:28:43+11:00February 23rd, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

Product Stewardship – evaluating the benefits of Australia’s electronic waste recycling scheme.

With the FIFA World Cup set to “kick” off in a matter of days, football fans all over the world will be glued to their television screens to see who takes home the coveted title of World Cup Champions. It is estimated that 26.3 billion viewers will be tuning in over the next 31 days; it will also be the first world-wide event to be broadcast on 3D, HD and through live streaming. The digital switchover might already be sending analogue television to an early grave, but the World Cup will certainly be speeding up the process as football fanatics rush to watch the

By 1800ewaste|2020-02-09T08:27:42+11:00February 9th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

Is Australia lagging behind when it comes to ewaste legislation?

In a world where we update our technology almost as often as we change out socks, you’d think that getting rid of ewaste would be getting easier. But it seems that, in Australia, we’re falling behind in our race against ewaste. The Australian government published a fact sheet on their National Waste Policy that stated that “waste generation has continued to grow and our increased efforts at recycling and reuse are not keeping up”. However, if you’ve ever struggled to get rid of your electronic waste, you’ll understand us when we question what “increased efforts” the government is talking about here. It

By 1800ewaste|2020-01-26T08:24:45+11:00January 26th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

How Ewaste Pollution And Contamination Affect Human Health

There are 20 to 50 million metric tons of ewaste from around the world that are disposed every year. Out of this number, only 12.5 percent is being recycled. This means that a huge percentage of ewaste ends up in landfills. Compared to general waste, the rate of ewaste being sent to landfill is said to be three times higher. Ewaste at landfills tend to contaminate the soil and water with harmful toxic materials such as cadmium, mercury and lead. Apart from polluting landfills, ewaste also creates serious health implications to humans by way of chemical leaching into the water and agricultural produce. Health

By 1800ewaste|2020-01-12T08:20:32+11:00January 12th, 2020|Ewaste Articles|

The best and the worst of ewaste in India

The worst is the ewaste epidemic currently taking India by storm, the tragic reality of this influx of computers, printers, mobiles phones etc. is that a huge proportion of it is generated off shore and imported into India under the guise of re-use or legitimate ewaste recycling. A recent report by India's Department of Scientific Industrial Research reveals that e-waste heading into India is increasing by 10% a year. The sad truth of this increase is that nearly all of it is heading into urban slums for unsafe disassembly – subsequently, a huge amount of toxins are hitting a huge number of people. E-waste

By 1800ewaste|2019-12-29T08:16:43+11:00December 29th, 2019|Ewaste Articles|