A comparison of mobile phone Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) recycling through the formal recycling facilities in Malaysia and Australia were used as case studies. The results presented highlight the toxicity of waste and the impact to the environment. A life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was ...
The study, “Recycling 115,369 mobile phones for gorilla conservation over a six-year period (2009-2014) at Zoos Victoria: A case study of ‘points of influence’ and mobile phone donations,” was authored by researchers and staff from the University of South Australia and Zoos Victoria and ...
Should you recycle your mobile phone or trade it in to telcos which then resell it? Last month, I visited the Tes-Amm electronics recycling plant which recycles Nokia phones from South-east Asia (except Malaysia, which has its own plant), Australia and New Zealand. The plant recycles 1.5 t...
Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury says that although no world record is currently set for mobile phone recycling, thereby giving Canberra the title by default, he hopes Thursday’s effort will inspire other cities around Australia and the world to compete and send fewer phones in landfill...
Lenovo Australia and New Zealand is proud to be a signatory to the CitySwitch program. CitySwitch Green Office is a national tenancy energy efficiency program run in partnership between the cities of Sydney, North Sydney, Parramatta, Willoughby, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth alo...
These days we can do many things with mobile phones, which probably explains whyconsumers have adopted mobile devices faster than any other consumer product. InAustralia, most households have a mobile phone and it is the young who own an... A Sweeney,TO Fenech - 《Anzmac Marketing Accountabili...
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The majority (84.3%) of voluntary schemes did not provide information on their websites about the quantities of mobile phones they collect. The operations of UK takeback schemes are decentralised in nature. Comparisons are made between the UK's decentralised collection system versus Australia's...
(Australia) to set up another office to recover dry mixed business andmechanical waste, $2.645 million to Bio-Coal to develop another office to recover characteristicmaterialfrom kerbside waiting for waste, $1.937 million to the City of Newcastle to set up another mixed waste office, $1.3 ...
What is ewaste? The term ‘ewaste’ encompasses all old electrical appliances either in a state of disrepair or simply obsolete. This includes everything from fridges and microwaves to mobile phones and computers. The correct disposal of ewaste is of vital importance to being able to achieve ...