A MAJOR milestone has been reached in Lake Macquarie, with residents recycling one million kilograms of e-waste.
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This is equivalent in weight to 50,000 large old-style analogue televisions.
Lake Macquarie is the first local government area in the Hunter Region to hit the one million kilogram mark.
Reclaimed and recovered e-waste is processed to extract precious metals such as copper, silver and gold as well as plastics, steel and glass that can be used in the manufacturing of new goods.
Since commencing on a trial basis in April 2009, I am so pleased that the community has embraced the council's e-waste recycling service.
I encourage everyone to keep recycling their e-waste using the council's twice-yearly bulk waste collections or by dropping it off at the Community Recycling Centre, at the Awaba Waste Management Facility.
From September 1, it will also be easier to dispose of smaller household quantities of waste such as batteries, mobile phones and accessories, smoke detectors as well as fluro light globes and tubes at the council's new community recycling stations at the Council Customer Service Centre in the administration building at Speers Point, as well as Belmont, Cardiff, Toronto, Charlestown, Morisset and Swansea libraries.
On average, the council is collecting more than 16,000 kilograms of e-waste per month, which greatly assists in managing the city's waste in a sustainable manner.
Go to lakemac.com.au/services/waste-and-recycling/ to find more information about e-waste.