Thousands of kilograms of e-waste diverted from landfill

MORE than 5,000 kilograms of e-waste has been saved from landfill following the Borough of Queenscliffe’s latest collection day.

On May 11, 288 cars went through the Ocean View Caravan Park in Queenscliff where community members disposed of their unwanted electronics.

Televisions, kettles, IT equipment, vacuums and more were part of the items collected, which will now be recycled into new products and given a second life.

Borough of Queenscliffe mayor Ross Ebbels thanked everybody who participated.

“We’re pleased with the outcome of our e-waste collection day, which is all thanks to the great participation of our community.”

“Due to their efforts, we’ve managed to divert hundreds of kilos of e-waste away from landfill and help facilitate a more sustainable method of getting rid of electronic rubbish.”

The council introduced e-waste collection in 2012. Since then, 80,000 kilograms of waste has been diverted from landfill.

This has provided a number of benefits for the environment including preventing hazardous substances entering the soil and water as well as saving energy and resources going into new products.

E-waste can be recycled for free throughout the year at the Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre

Council is currently reviewing the process on how hard waste is collected in the area, with the goal of providing residents with greater flexibility and reliability with collection days and times.

The review process will explore new and more effective processes to ensure waste in the Borough of Queenscliffe gets disposed of in the right way, in line with their Climate Emergency Response plan.

As a result, hard waste collection will be delayed this year.