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Processes IT & the Environment Reports and Information
"Donating your Equipment"
We accept all forms of IT equipment and IT peripherals regardless of age, specification or working condition and work to prevent these items from entering landfill. We re-use as much of the materials donated as possible, integrating PC components into refurbished computers. Any donated equipment that cannot be re-used is dismantled into its constituent parts and sent for processing by one of our responsible waste partners.
We are open for drop offs - Mon- Thursday 10.00am - 4.00pm
B2C Collection Service-
Prices for pickups are quoted separately; email or phone. however; please note a minimum charge of $100 applies to all pick ups. Tax Invoices will be issued if required.
The Process
When donated products arrive at the B2C warehouse, all items are assessed and tested for their ability to be re-used or refurbished for use within the community.
Products that contain hazardous materials or are damaged beyond repair are tagged for recycling. They are then stripped down to individual components and forwarded to responsible waste management partners for environmentally appropriate disposal.
As recyclers — one of B2C ‘s major roles in the community is to provide education and support to businesses and individuals in ‘environmentally sustainable resource management’. We do this through a range of training projects (see our training for more details).
Certificate of Disposal for Recycling
B2C provides an Environmental Care Partner Certificate, to organisations for donated PC equipment.
It certifies that B2C :
- has taken ownership of the equipment for the purpose of providing community resources and supporting environmental sustainability;
- all information contained within the machine has been permanently destroyed prior to any reuse, refurbishment or recycling;
- all refurbished machines are distributed to local, national or international communities in need;
- component disposal will be undertaken using approved recycling processes;
- hazardous waste materials will not be shipped overseas for disposal.
IT & the Environment
Did you know most IT Equipment contains some kind of toxin or heavy metal:
- 1 monitor (or 'screen') can contain up to 3.5 kg of lead
- Circuit boards contain platinum
- Transformers contain copper
- Disk drives contain cobalt and nickel
- The glass on monitors has barium and cadmium coatings
- Circuit boards and monitors have lead solder
A typical PC consists of the following chemical components:
- Silica: 24.9 %
- Plastic: 23 %
- Iron: 20.5 %
- Aluminium: 14.2 %
- Copper: 7 %
- Lead: 6.3 %
- Zinc: 2.2 %
- Tin: 1 %
- Cadmium: less than 0.1 %
- Chromium: less than 0.1 %
- Antimony: less than 0.1 %
- Beryllium: less than 0.1 %
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- Towards Zero Waste - A Materials Efficiency Strategy for Victoria - Full Text,Draft for consultation, May 2003, prepared by EcoRecycle, State Govt. of Victoria. PDF Document ~965Kb.
- Towards Zero Waste - A Solid Industrial Waste Management Plan for Victoria,Draft for Consultation, May 2003, prepared by EcoRecycle, State Govt. of Victoria. PDF Document ~685Kb.
- Towards Zero Waste - A Appendix A: Supporting Analysis to the Strategy and Plan,May 2003, prepared by EcoRecycle, State Govt. of Victoria. PDF Document ~1.8Mb.
- Towards Zero Waste - A Appendix B: Glossary & References,May 2003, prepared by EcoRecycle, State Govt. of Victoria. PDF Document ~166Kb.
- Beyond the Dead TV - Managing End-of-Life Consumer Electronics in Victoria: A Pilot Product Stewardship Project,May 2003, An initiative of the Consumer Electronics Suppliers Association: A Forum of the Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturer's Association, supported by EcoRecycle, State Govt. of Victoria. PDF Document ~1.2Mb.
- Guidance on the hazard status of waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap under the Hazardous Wate Act. 1999, Prepared by Environment Australia. PDF document ~60Kb.
- Developing a Product Stewardship Strategy for Electrical and Electronic Appliances in Australia. 2001, Prepared by Environment Australia. PDF Document ~700Kb.
- Exporting Harm - The High-Tech Trashing of Asia. Prepared by the Basel Action Network and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. PDF Document ~2.8Mb
- UN Comission on Sustainable Development Report on Australia. This is a Microsfoft Word document, it is quite old (1997), but still interesting.
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