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26 01, 2020

Is Australia lagging behind when it comes to ewaste legislation?

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

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

12 01, 2020

How Ewaste Pollution And Contamination Affect Human Health

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

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

29 12, 2019

The best and the worst of ewaste in India

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

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

15 12, 2019

Who pays the price for your free electronic waste collections?

By 1800ewaste|2019-12-15T08:13:40+11:00December 15th, 2019|Ewaste Articles|

Trying to do the right thing when it comes to disposing of your electronic waste can be difficult – you are no longer allowed to put electronic waste out with your council rubbish collections and it’s becoming more and more common for local tips to refuse your old computers and analogue televisions. So, when you finally find someone that will accept your old ewaste, and they say that they’ll do it for FREE, you might think you’ve found the answer to all your ewaste problems – but what is really happening to your Ewaste? Be wary of “Fake" Recycling Companies Recent reports

1 12, 2019

Computer recycling

By 1800ewaste|2019-12-01T08:13:33+11:00December 1st, 2019|Ewaste Articles|

Computer recycling protects more than just the environment In such a digitally advanced world, most of our personal information can now be accessed at the click of a button. From social media sites to online banking, there has never been so much sensitive information on our computers, mobile phones and laptops. So when it comes to throwing away your obsolete electronics, we may need to think carefully about where we dump them. You wouldn’t throw your old passport onto the street, so why leave your old computer and e-waste on the kerb? Fraud has become a very real and very expensive threat to people

17 11, 2019

eCycle – a buzz word with serious meaning

By 1800ewaste|2019-11-17T08:13:10+11:00November 17th, 2019|Ewaste Articles|

Ecycle refers to the recycling of electronic waste, an issue that concerns us all. Electronic waste is one of the biggest, if not the biggest issue the waste industry faces today. Electronic waste, or ewaste as it is now more commonly known is being generated at three times the rate of any other municipal waste stream. However unlike other municipal waste in Australia, there is no national or even state-based infrastructure for removing it, let alone recycling it. Australia’s pile of ewaste is increasing at an alarming rate, and even more alarming is the rate at which we’re depositing it into landfill, where the