E-waste and electrical waste

Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) includes household electrical appliances and electronic items such as desktop computers, monitors, mobile phones, printers, televisions, scanners and video game consoles. A more detailed list of electrical and e-waste items can be found below.

Disposal locations

Electrical and electronic waste can be dropped off for recycling at all our waste management facilities. Numerous retailers also participate in various recycling programs.

List of electrical waste items

Electrical waste items are classed as any appliance with an electric plug, but not bigger than a microwave oven. These include, but are not limited to the list below.

Appliances

  • Food processors, juicers, blenders, hand/stick mixers.
  • Stand mixers.
  • Microwave ovens.
  • Benchtop compact electric/convection ovens/grills.
  • Domestic coffee machines - drip filter, pod or espresso.
  • Electric kettles.
  • Toasters, sandwich toasters, jaffle irons, waffle irons, pie makers.
  • Electric frypans, grills and woks.
  • Deep fryers.
  • Air fryers.
  • Dehydrators.
  • Electric rice cookers, steamers.
  • Slow cookers.
  • Electric pressure cookers.
  • Bread makers.
  • Hair dryers.
  • Hair straighteners/curlers.
  • Electric shavers.
  • Hair clippers/trimmers.
  • Power boards.
  • Pedestal fans.
  • Ceiling fans.
  • Electric radiant heaters.
  • Vacuum cleaners.
  • Irons - standard/steam, steam generator/reservoir, hand steamer, press steamer.
  • Massage appliances.
  • Smoke detectors, both photoelectric and ionisation types.
  • Battery chargers, for rechargeable appliances.
  • Portable charger/battery units for a phone or tablet.
  • Power tools (240v) – handheld and benchtop.
  • Power tools with or without batteries.
  • Industrial benchtop tools/equipment 240v and 450v.
  • Vehicle battery charger.
  • Distress beacons/EPIRB’s. Prior to disposal they must be deregistered with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and have its battery disconnected according to the manufacturer’s instructions. For more information visit the AMSA website.

List of e-waste items

E-waste as defined by the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme includes, but isn't limited to the list below.

Televisions

  • Colour televisions, all types.
  • Black and white televisions, all types.

Entertainment

  • CD/DVD/Blu Ray players.
  • Tuners/receivers.
  • Amplifiers.
  • Home theatre systems.
  • Games consoles.
  • Games console accessories.
  • Clock radios.
  • Radios.

Communications

  • Telephones.
  • Mobile phones.
  • Mobile broadband modems.
  • 2-way radios, CB radios, walkie talkies.
  • Associated accessories.

Computers

  • Laptops, notebooks, palmtops and tablets.
  • Personal computers.
  • Central processing units for personal computers.
  • Monitors and projectors, including cathode-ray tube and flat screen monitors.

Printers

  • Multi-function printers with print, copy and fax transmission.
  • Single-function printers.

Computer parts and accessories

  • Keyboards.
  • Joysticks and game pads.
  • Mouses and trackballs.
  • Scanners.
  • Compact disc drives, including burners.
  • Digital video disc drives, including burners.
  • Hard drives.
  • Memory cards, including network, sound, video, IDE, SCSI and similar.
  • Motherboards.
  • Electrical transformers and static converters.
  • Web cameras.

Items not accepted

Goods not accepted as e-waste or electrical waste

  • Large household appliances larger than a microwave oven.
  • Whitegoods such as cooktops, ovens, stoves, rangehoods, dishwashers, clothes dryers, washing machines, clothes dryers.
  • Items with refrigerant gases, e.g. fridges, freezers, air conditioners.
  • Items containing oils or other liquids, e.g. oil heaters.
  • Individual lithium batteries e.g. lithium-ion, Li-ion, LIB, Li-primary. Please place these in battery recycling bins.
  • Vehicle jump starters.

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