[@OKFNau] Idea for OpenData Project : Computer Parts / E-Waste Recycling

Tue Jan 28 09:48:11 UTC 2014

Andrew Perry of fixmystreet.org.au might have some ideas.

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On 28/01/2014, at 8:34 PM, "Mark Street" <mrstreet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All, 
> 
> I have a problem, which I don't think anyone is solving very well at the moment and I wondered if there is anyone on this list who wants to have a look at it together. 
> 
> I have a couple of old Computers, Printers and Monitors which I want to dispose of, and I don't want to pay someone to collect it. I google-ed around for where to recycle e-waste and all I find is :
> http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/services-and-advice/households/waste-and-recycling/television-and-computer-recycling : 
> which points you to : 
> http://recyclingnearyou.com.au/ewastescheme/ 
> 
> unfortunately this does not show anything close to me, other than the local Officeworks, and they won't take the spare parts and other (partly disassembled) junk I have.  
> 
> It seems that there are 5 different industry run schemes under the new 2011 Product Stewardship laws : 
> - TechCollect http://techcollect.com.au 
> - DHL's http://dropzone.org.au
> - http://www.ecyclesolutions.net.au/
> - http://reverseewaste.com.au/
> - Sims Recycling http://www.apac.simsrecycling.com/
> 
> All of them have different location lists and maps, some of which overlap. All of them have different parameters, including fees for collection, and none of them are shown in a nice-to-use easy-to-search way. It took me over an hour of searching, to find the info, just to write this email, and most people won't bother with that.
> 
> I would suggest that a short term project involving PlanetArk and/or the Sustainability Dept, could create an easy to search, interactive top level map built on Open Data tools 
> 
> would love to know what people think of the idea 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark Street
> 
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