Big and exciting things are happening in the world of e-waste! 🥳
Minister for Water; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science; Youth David Kelly visited our reuse facility last Wednesday to announce new research and development grants to help reduce e-waste.
WasteSorted Grants will provide funding up to $900,000 for:
Stream 1: Innovative processes (up to $200,000 per project)
Stream 2: Collection (maximum $80,000, up to $40,000 per project, per annum for two years)
Applications for WasteSorted E-Waste Grants are now open and close on November 16, 2020. For more information about the grants, visit the Waste Authority website or join our webinar this Thursday. (see below)
With the National Recycling Week 2020 approaching, we have organised more tours of our facility for local councils residents so you can come to see how it's done. We hope to see you soon.
Until next month. 👋
Free E-grants 101
This webinar is designed for councils to join us for a free interactive grant session with our director James who will explain existing e-waste management options.
This webinar will be held by TGR on 29 October 2020 at 2 PM. (Shorty after Info session from Waste Authority.)
Please let your council know to register HERE.
Statistics - September 2020
Overall in September, we recovered 271,820 kg of materials. From which 20.5 T was precious metals. That’s about three and a half elephants of precious metals saved from going to landfill.
“As the demand for new technology increases so does our e-waste footprint, which highlights the widespread need for government and industry to work collaboratively to develop policies that specifically address recycling and reuse,” ANZRP CEO Warren Overton said. Read the article.
Biggest IT asset disposal challenges
In our recent survey, we asked our clients – companies in Perth series of questions to help us understand them better.
Our goal is to not only provide better customer service but also come up with solutions that perfectly match our clients’ needs. Read our Survey findings.
E-waste drop off
WHERE: Town of Cambridge, Administration Car Park, 1 Bold Park Drive, Floreat
We are continuously working to improve our service speed, quality and capacity and hope that you will continue to support this important service of e-waste recycling here in WA.
