National Recycling Week 2019

Recycling facility tours during National Recycling Week (NRW) 2019

Nov20
The National Recycling Week 2019 fell this year on the week of 11th – 17th November. As every year, it was a great opportunity for all of us to reflect on the efforts of recycling and remind ourselves (and perhaps to others) the urgency of responsible waste management. This year in particular with a large emphasis on the importance of creating local circular economy here in Perth and WA. Total Green decided to put on

6 questions to ask to ensure your e-waste is not being exported illegally

Nov18
Australian e-waste has a reputation for ending up in African or Asian countries, torn apart and burnt by under-aged children. (You can read this article by ABC from 2017 Australian e-waste ending up in toxic African dump, torn apart by children or more recent E-waste exports highlight need for tighter controls on ‘unethical and irresponsible’ trade.) At Total Green Recycling, we pride ourselves on making sure it doesn’t happen to any of the e-waste we

WA’s e-waste recycling statistics for October 2019

Nov15
In October we recycled 37,401 items and recovered 176,452 Kg of materials. Our IT Asset Management branch refurbished 1,256 items. During 31 collection from Perth’s businesses, our Customer managers collected 256 pallets of IT equipment to be tested, refurbished and repurposed. Top 10 performing councils in WA Congratulations to our TOP e-waste recycling champions in October 2019! 1) City of Stirling = 49.4 T 2) City of Busselton = 14.6 T 3) Bunbury Harvey Regional

Yellow bin contamination

Why you shouldn’t put e-waste into the yellow recycling bin

Nov11
Australians send more than 20 million tonnes of waste to landfill every year. We just put things in the bin and the council takes it away. It’s out of sight and out of mind. But the amount of waste we generate is a big problem, and it’s only getting bigger. If you put e-waste into your yellow-top bin, it is treated as contamination by the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) operators and will most likely end