Recycling news stories

Australians are lovers of technology - we purchase more than 4 million computers and 3 million TVs every year. As technology advances, the lives of our devices keep getting shorter.

Logitech has exceeded its commitment to incorporate post-consumer recycled plastic into products, reducing its carbon impact.

"The digital divide continues to widen. We need to reverse this trend and advance the circular economy by keeping equipment in life for as long as possible."

Australians are sitting on an estimated $5.6 billion in unwanted and no longer used technology items, according to new research from Telstra.

There may be hundreds of thousands of discarded mobile phones sitting around in people’s homes.

Circular IT management is possible, and it could save hundreds of millions of old IT products from ending up in landfills and polluting the earth.

If you’ve got an old mobile phone lying around that you know you’ll probably never use again, now’s the time to recycle it for free.

“We had explored a number of options to enable expansion into New Zealand and acquiring Recytech was the logical step."

The 'One Blue Ocean' project aims to reduce plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. It also states that Sony will also make efforts to reduce its environmental footprint to zero by 2050.

Following the Rubicon investment, around 2% of the NZ Super Fund is invested in expansion capital investments.

Erase IT provide IT asset (including hardware and equipment) disposal and recycling for over 650 customers across Australia.

“E-waste management is an urgent issue in today’s digitally dependent world, where use of electronic devices is ever increasing."

In 2016 the NZ Child Poverty Monitor reported that 48,000 children in New Zealand were living in material hardship, often going without life’s basics.

"..processes such as metals extraction shall be performed using environmentally friendly methods."

“There is currently a lot more the corporate sector can do to take responsibility for the e-waste it generates."

“In the current market and with the advent of the cloud, a mountain of servers and storage are up for recycling.”

The consumer technology industry has a renewed focus on creating a healthier, more efficient future, and is looking at ways to advance sustainability.