Recycle your old TV for free
8 October 2013
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Waipa residents can recycle their old TVs for free during October and November with the help of the government and Waipa District Council.
TV Takeback' is a nationwide campaign to coincide with the switch from analogue to digital televisions and an expected increase in old, unwanted sets.
From October 23 this year Waipa residents will be able to recycle their unwanted TVs at Red Bins, Paterangi Road, Te Awamutu; and Envirowaste, Matos Segedin Drive, Cambridge.
The cost of recycling one television set is $25. The government is providing a $20 subsidy and Waipa District Council has agreed to fund the extra $5 per set from the Waste Minimisation Levy Fund.
Council's manager road corridor Dawn Inglis said providing a free recycling service should encourage people to do the right thing with their unwanted televisions.
The government subsidy means that the Waipa district is able to receive up to 2084 televisions during the campaign on a first-in, first-served basis, she said.
TVs contain materials like lead that can be hazardous to human health and the environment so shouldn't be dumped in landfills. They also contain material that can be reused in other products including:
- Metals like steel which can be melted down and re-used;
- Precious metals like gold which can be recovered in specialist facilities for use in new electronic items and
- Glass which can be re-manufactured into new televisions or monitors or used for sand blasting or industrial processes.
The programme was first launched in Hawke's Bay and the West Coast. Almost 105,000 televisions have been collected for recycling already. Anyone wishing to drop their old unwanted TVs off can do so from October 23 at Red Bins and and Envirowaste.
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For more information please contact
Dawn Inglis
Manager Road Corridor
(07) 8720083
