WE KEEP UPDATING OUR APPLIANCES BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUFF WE PUT IN THE BIN???
Every day I see old TUBE TV's and other electronic items on the side of the road and that's just in my own neighbourhood!
It's up to us the consumers to put on the pressure . Manufactures and consumers alike need to be conscious of the fact that we are just throwing old technology with reusable and toxic parts into a hole in the ground. Yes that's right all that usefull and toxic material is being buried. TV's for example are loaded with copper, lead , mercury ,plastic and precious metals. So think twice about that hard garbage collection that happens twice a year,it all goes into a hole in the ground and it doesn't go away.
Out of the Trilloins of dollars that are made by electronics manufactures you could say that almost none of that money made goes into taking back the old stuff and reusing the recycleable parts.
I've done a little investigating and there are 2 places that I know in SYDNEY that do recycle your old TV gear and electronics like computers and mobile phones.
I have also contacted my local council RANDWICK and apparently there is a once a year pickup that is not a part of the hard rubbish clean up. There are plans to set up a place so you can take your old electronics for recycling but that may never happen. We the ratepayers and enviromentally conscious must put pressure on councils and local Government to make it possble.
