This is a selection of curated news articles of interest to Ecotech Services, especially those relating to New Zealand. It covers matters relating to repairing and recycling electronics, electrical, and computer items.
About a hundred mainly retired volunteers operate a not-for-profit out of Waipa, sifting through discarded household electronics, essentially mining junk for stuff that can be salvaged.
They currently divert between 24 and 25 tonnes of electronic waste going to landfill each year.
Kāpiti Coast District Council is reluctantly suspending its Ōtaki e-waste recycling service until further notice due to repeated and escalating vandalism and theft from the e-waste disposal…
Nearly five and a half tonnes of e-waste was collected on Sat 6 April at Friends of the Farm’s latest recycling initiative…