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A collaboration between UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT) and IT asset management company Renew IT has begun turning discarded hard plastics into 3D printer feedstock, with a UNSW-invented Plastics Filament MICROfactorieTM Technology module installed at Renew IT’s Sydney warehouse in Lane Cove, Sydney.

Zolo, an e-waste recycling company , has launched an "Australian-first” solution, Zolo Single Touch, streamlining e-waste recycling.

The latest iPhone 15 models will not fit into iPhone 13 and 14 cases. And when older versions of iPhone lost their headphone port, users were encouraged to purchase wireless headphones or a headphone jack adapter. As a result, users have disposed their old cases and earphones, adding waste to the environment, according to a study by Uswitch.

Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson will dispose stc’s (Saudi Telecom) dismantled pieces of equipment by collecting, decommissioning, transporting, and recycling it as part of the Ericsson Product Take-Back Program, which aims to minimise the potential environmental impact associated with the disposal of decommissioned end-of-life electrical equipment.

With the festive season approaching, social enterprise Arnies Recon is offering its free recycling services for consumers who do not know what to do with their old or outdated devices.

British telco BT has launched a new program aimed at reducing business customers’ e-waste by recycling end-of-life equipment.

Only half (50%) of senior IT business leaders say they are aware of the potential economic value that resides in their organisations’ electronic waste, according to findings of the report Rethinking E-waste in a Circular Economy by hardware and software vendor Lenovo.

Hardware manufacturer TP-Link has joined MobileMuster’s recycling program, responsible for collecting and maintaining telecommunications e-waste products.

Local businesses are disposing rugged devices such as handhelds, scanners, and barcode readers prematurely despite committing sustainability goals, according to research from enterprise mobility solutions Soti.

Dell Technologies expands its Asset Recovery Services featuring new availability in Australia.

On International E-Waste Day 2021, experts and producer responsibility organisations are urging communities to donate more dead or unused plug-in or battery-operated products to facilities where they can be either repaired or recycled and reduce the need for new resources.

The WEEE Forum, which represents e-waste producer responsibility organisations throughout the world, is continuing to grow its global membership with the recent addition of new members from Colombia, South Africa, Spain and Lithuania.

Engineers at the Australian National University in Canberra have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently – and is thin and flexible enough to help make devices such as mobile phones bendable.

Electronic waste (e-waste) is growing up to three times faster than general municipal waste in Australia – with estimates there will be 223,000 tonnes of waste mounted up by 2023-24.

A microfactory that can transform the components from electronic waste such as discarded smartphones and laptops into valuable materials for re-use has been launched at UNSW, Sydney.

TechCollect is asking businesses to increase recycling efforts and create a more sustainable workplace, and to mark 13 December in the diary for Waste Not, Want Not Day.

E-waste recycling service TechCollect is calling for Australians to consider the environmental impact of not recycling electronic waste in the wake of new research which it says reveals almost half of Aussies are holding onto unused or broken electronic devices in case they are needed again one day.

E-waste in the Asia/Oceania region in 2015 totalled 12.3 million tonnes, 2.4 times the weight of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The first Regional E-waste Monitor: East and Southeast Asia, was compiled by the United Nations University, (UNU) through its Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme and funded by the Japanese Ministry of Environment.

As technology consumption continues to rise, it is critical that businesses become more active participants in sustainability and promote awareness of responsible e-waste recycling throughout the year.

It is widely known that about 90% of e-waste ends up in a landfill. That is ecologically dangerous, irresponsible and wasteful.