A big win on e-waste
Tell Jennings what you think
The federal government have announced today that they will introduce a national recycling scheme for televisions and computers.
This follows a long running campaign by Environment Victoria and other green groups calling on government to deal with the growing problem of e-waste.
The details of the recycling scheme are still to be finalised, and we’ll need to keep an eye on this.
Published: Thu, 05/11/2009 - 16:05 by Fraser Brindley
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Over to you, Peter
Recycling scheme ready to go
It’s not often you get green groups, industry and the community all agreeing. But that’s exactly what’s happened on the issue of television and computer recycling.
Nearly 15 million old TVs and computers go to Australian landfill each year. Recycling this e-waste would recover valuable materials, contain toxic chemicals and create thousands of green collar jobs.
Published: Tue, 06/10/2009 - 15:20 by Fraser Brindley
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