Getting ready for e-waste landfill ban

Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group has teamed up with +orsham Rural City Council to get an early start on preparing the local community for the ban on e-waste going to landfill from July 2019. Two new e-waste stations have been installed at the +orsham Civic Centre and the +orsham Library for residents to dispose of a variety of small e-waste items such as batteries, C)L globes and fluoro tube, mobile phones and small items such as keyboards, computer mouse, laptops and other small electrical items. +orsham has also received funding for infrastructure to deal with the e-waste ban at the .enny Road Transfer 6tation. All sorts of e-waste will be able to be disposed of at the Transfer 6tation, whereas the e-waste station at the Council office focusses on smaller scale items. The Resource and Recovery group’s Executive Officer La Vergne Lehmann said the e-waste education program starting early next year would include events, public displays, school education, e-waste guides and more. “While we have had disposal options available for old televisions and computers for some years, the new ban will include a much larger range of items,´ 0s Lehmann said. “This means that household items such as electric kettles, hair dryers and vacuum cleaners, Must to name a few, will now be included.´