The RCN Group (RCN) and the Community Recycling Network (CRN) have been awarded funding from the Ministry for the Environment through their Waste Minimisation Fund for our e-Cycle project.
e-Cycle will establish a network of at least 20 user-pays drop-off sites around New Zealand to accept electronic waste (e-waste) everyday – this includes all computer waste, televisions, printers, consumer electronics and other miscellaneous items.
Wanaka Wastebusters will be one of the 20 drop off points as will Central Otago Wastebusters in Alexandra.
The project will be delivered over two years and expects to divert a minimum of 4,000 tonnes of electronic waste from landfill over the first three years.
For more information contact:
- Jon Thornhill (RCN), email: jon@rcn.co.nz, tel: 09 413 8533
- Karen Driver (CRN & Nelson Environment Centre), email:karendriver@nec.org.nz, tel: 03 545 9176 extension 2
