Do you have an old computer sitting around at home?
Is your Cupboard Of Discarded Gadgets getting a bit full?
eDay 2009 is this Saturday (12 September), giving you a chance to drop off your old PC, laptop, or mobile phone and be sure that it will be recycled safely and used for new gadgets.
Last year 946 tonnes of e-waste was dropped off for recycling at 33 locations.
This year there are locations throughout NZ including four in Auckland and one in Wellington (two, if you count Paraparaumu), and Christchurch. There’s a full list of recycling centres on this page.
You can even volunteer to help out – they’re looking for marshalls and movers on the day.
Computer circuit boards contain mercury, cadmium, and hundreds of other substances which leach into the environment when simply dumped in a landfill. Transportation and recycling will be carried out by certified disposal companies, so do something worthwhile for the planet, and dispose of toxic waste in the best way possible! (apart from not buying too much in the first place).