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E-waste: Tech Swap and Recycling

BAM! (Beneficial Action Month) initiative

As part of BAM! ... Ratnavyuha will be helping to find new homes for, responsibly recycle, and ethically dispose of old technology.

STEP ONE: E-WASTE DROP-OFF & RE-USE Drop-off electronic goods at the centre from Monday 26th June through Sunday 2nd July. If you need to bring stuff outside our normal ABC hours, probably best to call ahead and make sure one of us will be there to receive the goods. We'll be accepting:

• old mobile phones
• laptops, monitors, desktop computers you no longer use and don't need
• old DVD and VCR players, TVs (both flat screen and CRT)
• printers and scanners
• speakers (stereo or computer) and stereos
• power cables, other cables, routers, modems ...

Then on the last day, Sunday 2nd July from 1:30 to 4:30 pm, you can bring in your e-waste and you can also have a chance to look around and see if there is anything you can use. Great to re-use within the sangha!

We need to collect money for some items (particularly old TVs and photocopiers) due to charges from ABILITIES NZ to recycle these items responsibly. Click on ABILITIES NZ rate guide for e-waste to see a list of the recycling fees. All money collected will be fully passed on to ABILITIES Group for use in their charitable work. See below for more information on their activities.

STEP TWO for MOBILE PHONES Whatever you bring in, we'll try to move on responsibly. For mobile phones this will be through the Re:Mobile initiative. The charity which benefits from these donated items will be Sustainable Coastlines.

STEP TWO for OTHER ELECTRONICS Whatever is left will be donated to Abilities NZ who create jobs for people with disabilities extracting the re-useable components. They will also sell working electronics on Trade Me, with the income going back into their charity. At the moment, they provide jobs for over 120 disabled people and run a very high tech separation recovery operation for CRT (read OLD) TVs.

There are costs associated with responsibly recycling some electronics through this organization, which we will need to collect and which will be forwarded directly to Abilities NZ. Full rate sheet can be downloaded under the SWAP DAY information, but here are some examples:

• CRT TV's (20" or Larger) - $20.00
• CRT TV's (Less than 20"), CRT Computer Monitors - $10.00
• Flat Screen TV's - $10.00
• Flat Screen Computer Monitors - $5.00
• Printers - $5.00
• Photocopiers - $20.00
• Other electrical / electronic equipment - No charge

STEP THREE Anything left over after these steps (which should be close to nothing) will be ethically disposed of through the Auckland Council's Inorganic pickup later in July. The last step in our E-Waste process.

If you'd like to help Ratnavyuha with this BAM initiative, please contact him through the Auckland Buddhist Centre or directly. Thanks.

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