New Initative will take a Byte out of Computer Waste
Source: Victoria. Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Media Release
"The Brumby Government and the computer industry have taken another step towards addressing the mounting waste challenge created by our appetite for computers with the opening of a computer take-back centre at Darebin, Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings said. The Byteback facility, which is free to householders and small businesses, is expected to collect and recycle 160 tonnes of the roughly 1.4 million disused, outdated and broken computers and peripherals such as printers, keyboard cables and power packs that Victorians have acquired and now need to discard.“The Brumby Government’s Towards Zero Waste Strategy prioritises a range of products diverted from landfill, including computers, batteries and fluorescent lights,” Mr Jennings said. This is creating an economic opportunity in the recovery of valuable resources which would otherwise end up in landfill, he said. "