In September we recycled 48,904 electronic items and recovered 527 wheelie bins of materials. Our recycling numbers are lower for the month of August and September due to our move to a new recycling facility.
Top 10 performing councils in WA
Congratulations to our TOP e-waste recycling champions in September 2019!
1) City of Stirling = 43.9 T
2) City of Bunbury = 14.9 T
3) City of Cockburn = 8.7 T
4) City of Kalamunda = 7.3 T
5) EMRC – Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council = 6.6 T
6) City of Fremantle = 5.3 T
7) Shire of Chittering = 4.5 T
8) City of Melville = 4.4 T
9) City of Swan = 4.1 T
10) Shire of Capel = 3.1 T
Top 10 performing companies in WA
1) Department of Justice – Subiaco = 8 T
2) Canon Australia = 3.4 T
3) WA Police Force = 2.9 T
4) Abacus WA = 2.3 T
5) Curtin University = 2.3 T
6) Wanneroo Community Men’s Shed Inc. = 1.3 T
7) DTI Group = 1.2 T
8) South Metropolitan Health Service (Fremantle Hospital) = 1.1 T
9) Soft Landing = 0.8 T
10) Officeworks = 0.8 T
Materials recovered from e-waste
Overall in September, we recovered 126,404 Kg of materials. That’s about 527 wheelie bins of material.
Top 10 items recycled
In September we recycled a total of 48,904 items. The number of computers peripherals is unusually high due to one of our clients delivering a large number of small bagged parts.
Top items refurbished and repurposed
In September we refurbished 1,574 items. Our recovery rate for laptops was 85.25% meaning that out of 305 laptops we tested we were able to refurbish and re-purpose 260 of them.
