Why Recycle Your Where do I take my e-waste? e-waste?

The Waste REDUCTION GROUP and its member

Councils are pleased to be able to provide an e-waste recycling program in the South West Corangamite Regional Country Boundary Rd, Landfi ll Naroghid Region. You are now able to recycle your old, broken or unwanted electrical appliances at a Hamilton Landfi ll Elijah St, Hamilton number of sites around the region. Caramut Transfer Station Gisbon St, Caramut Mortlake Transfer Station Connewarren Ln, Collection sites can accept almost any Mortlake electrical appliance that is able to be plugged Transfer Mortlake-Ararat Rd, into the wall. Items are categorized by their Station Woorndoo size SMALL, MEDIUM & LARGE and the Macarthur Transfer Myamyn-Macarthur Rd, e-waste associated charge will apply for the recycling Station Macarthur service. Hawkesdale Transfer Baird St, Hawkesdale Station The most common types of electrical waste Transfer Station Warne Rd, Wangoom includes, computers, televisions, printers, Transfer Station Hamilton-Port Fairy Rd, microwaves, vacuum cleaners and electronic Port Fairy game consoles. Transfer Station Carrols Rd, Yambuk Killarney Transfer Station Badhams Rd, Killarney REDUCE the use of Natural Resources Peterborough Transfer Old Peterborough Rd, The metals, glass and plastics used in electronic Station Peterborough goods are mined from the earth’s naturally Woolsthorpe Transfer Ashgrove Rd, produced resources. Recycling metals, glass Station Woolstorpe and plastics in electronic goods reduces the Albert St, amount of water and energy that are used in the manufacturing process. Portland Transfer Station Derrill Rd, Portland

REDUCE pollution Heywood Transfer Station Catons Flat Rd, Some electrical appliances contain toxic Heywood chemicals including barium, phosphor, lead Casterton Transfer Station Bahgalla Rd. Casterton Recycle your unwanted and hexavalent chromium which if released into landfi lls could eventually leach into nearby FOR FURTHER INFORMATION electrical appliances in waterways and the surrounding environment. Please contact your local Council Corangamite Shire 5593 7100 the South West REDUCE clutter around your home Glenelg Shire 5522 2200 Some people keep electronic goods in the hope Moyne Shire 5568 0555 Southern Grampians Shire 5573 0444 one day they’ll get them repaired or they are Warnambool City Council 5559 4800 unsure where they can take them for correct Waste REDUCTION Group 5571 1520 disposal. If you take advantage of this new program, all of your unwanted electrical waste An initiative of the Waste REDUCTION Group WILL be recycled instead of being disposed in and its member Councils our local landfi lls. Electrical appliances are accepted for recycling at Landfi lls and Transfer Stations and charged according to three size categories - SMALL, MEDIUM & LARGE (items listed are an indication of size only) Contact your local Council for a list of the charges.

SMALL APPLIANCES MEDIUM APPLIANCES 30cm x 30cm x 30cm 50cm x 50cm x 50cm Laptops DVD / VHS Players Stereos/HiFi Equipment Household appliances Electronic Games Hairdryers Telephones

Fax machines Scanners Hard drives Small Televisions Alarm clocks Tools Keyboards

LARGE APPLIANCES over 50cm x 50cmx 50cm Photocopiers Printers Large Televisions Microwaves Monitors Vacuum Cleaners

NOTE: Whitegoods (fridges, freezers, washing machines etc), airconditioners, gas bottles, globes and batteries are accepted at many of the Waste Facilities through other recycling programs. Please contact your local Council for further information.