WA’s e-waste recycling statistics for May 2020

Jun23
Here are your monthly e-waste statistics brought to you by the largest recycler in Western Australia. In May we recovered 181,741 Kg of materials and recycled 21,143 items. That’s about 30 elephants of materials diverted from our landfills. Top 10 performing councils in WA Congratulations to our TOP e-waste recycling champions in May 2020! City of Stirling = 46.3 T Bunbury Harvey Regional Council = 10.9 T City of Armadale = 9.3 T Shire of

How to remove data and reset your iPhone

Jun11
Before you sell, give away or recycle your mobile phone, be sure to remove your personal data. In this blogpost, you will learn how to backup your data, remove the data from your phone and reset the phone to be ready for donation or sale. Research has shown that one of the biggest obstacles to us gifting, selling or recycling our phones and computers is a concern about our privacy. This makes sense. Our e-devices

Person using recycled phone

Why we started TGR IT Asset Recovery business operations

Jun03
Most people know us as the largest e-waste recycler in Western Australia. But TGR not only recycles electronics. We also test and refurbish IT equipment for reuse. So today our director is going to answer the question: Why did TGR started IT Asset Recovery business operations and when? Michael Coghill – co-founder and director of Total Green Recycling – says, “In 2011 we started our asset recovery business operation to complement our existing e-waste recycling

Several donations of electronics

Refurbished mobile phones donations helping WA youth exit the criminal justice system

Jun01
MEDIA RELEASE PUBLISH ON 3rd June 2020 Perth, 2nd June 2020 Last week, Hello Initiative facilitated their 60th refurbished mobile phone donation to a young person involved in the West Australian youth justice system. Their major project, Mobile Support sees Hello Initiative (HI) working with key referral agencies to identify young people who would benefit most from support in accessing a mobile phone and mobile credit. From left: Lucy Franklin – HI’s Communications and Research