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E-waste recycling

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Reduce the amount of e-waste that gets sent to landfill. Find out where to recycle your old devices.

Female placing a smartphone in a phone recycling bin at a Council resource recovery centre.

What is e-waste?

E-waste is any electronic product or device that no longer works or you don’t need anymore.

Items include anything that needs electricity or a battery to work, such as:  

  • computers and laptops

  • keyboards or a mouse

  • mobile phones

  • TVs and speakers 

  • LED lightbulbs

  • toys and gadgets

  • small and large household appliances.

E-waste should not be disposed of in landfill. E-waste contains valuable materials such as gold, copper and platinum that can be extracted and turned into other products. 

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Important things to know

  • Don't put e-waste in any of your wheelie bins. E-waste, including household batteries, can cause fires in collection trucks and at Council's resource recovery centres.
  • When recycling or donating devices, ensure you wipe your personal data prior to disposal.

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What goes in my bins?

Resource recovery centres

Acceptable items for kerbside collection

What can we do about e-waste?

The top priority is to prevent e-waste from occurring in the first place (reduce), followed by extending the life of e-products (reuse) and responsibly disposing of e-products when they are no longer usable (recycle).

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Reduce

  • If you need to buy new, choose high-quality, versatile products over cheap products.
  • Look into renting or hiring e-products that are only required for a short time period such as power tools or cleaning equipment.
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Reuse

  • Consider buying secondhand, as you can often find higher-quality products at lower prices.
  • Donate e-products that are in good working order to op-shops or organisations like GIVIT, Computers 4 Learning,  BuyNothing or Freecycle. Council's Treasure Troves also accept some e-products. Please call first to check if your preferred organisation collects these items.
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Recycle

Where to recycle e-waste

Find out where to recycle common e-waste items and devices.

Batteries can be recycled at any B-cycle drop-off point including Council's resource recovery centres. Most Coles, Woolworths, Bunnings, Aldi, Officeworks and Battery World stores have a B-cycle drop-off point.

Visit the B-cycle website to find your nearest battery recycling drop-off point.

Computers that are still functional can be sent to organisations like Computers 4 Learning. These computers are refurbished and provided back to the community at affordable prices.

Computers that are no longer operational can be recycled.

Visit the Planet Ark to find a computer recycling drop-off point near you.

You can recycle all brands of mobile phones and accessories through the MobileMuster recycling program. Visit a Council library to drop off your mobile phones or the MobileMuster website for alternative drop-off locations.

Solar panels and solar battery storage can be dropped off at Council's resource recovery centre.

You can recycle TVs at Councils resource recovery centres and participating electrical goods retailers. Visit Planet Ark to find a TV recycling drop-off point near you.

Small appliances (such as microwaves, toasters, printers and small fridges) and large appliances (such as fridges, washing machines and dryers) can be dropped off at Council's resource recovery centre. 

Household appliances and white goods (smaller than two cubic metres) can also be placed on the kerb during your suburb’s next large item kerbside collection.