Electronics Drop Offs

We have handed our electronics recycling program over to our mates at The Bower, so you can still come to the Sustainability Hub in Summer Hill and get the same service on Wednesdays between 2pm & 6pm.

ELECTRONICS RECYLING

Free drop off for unwanted and damaged electronics!

We partner with Whirl Recycling who divert 100% of the electronics we receive from landfill through repair, reuse, repurpose and recycling. Our volunteers will be waiting each Wednesday afternoon to help you sort through your messy cables and collect the electronics you no longer want or need. See the list below to see what we can and can't accept.

Items we can not accept:

In alphabetical order

  • Batteries
  • CDs or DVDs
  • Electric blankets
  • Light globes
  • Microwaves
  • Printers
  • Smoke detectors
  • TVs

Or anything larger than a microwave e.g. large whitegoods. 

We also can not take any packaging you bring your items in e.g. plastic bags, foam, cardboard boxes etc. 

 

Items we can take: 

In alphabetical order

  • Amplifiers
  • Apple TV, Telstra TV, etc.
  • Blenders
  • Bread machines
  • Cameras, camera lenses and accessories
  • Cords and cables
  • Computer games
  • Computer keyboards
  • Computer mouses/mice
  • Desktop computers
  • DJ Turntables
  • Drones
  • DVD players
  • Fans
  • Foxtel and other type boxes
  • Game consoles e.g. Nintendos, Playstations, Xbox
  • Gameboys
  • Graphics cards
  • Hard drives
  • Headphones and ear phones
  • Irons
  • iPhones, Android phones, and other smartphones
  • iPods
  • Kettles
  • Landline phones
  • Laptops
  • Lights (but no light globes)
  • Media servers
  • Microphones
  • Mixers
  • Modems
  • Mobile phones
  • Power boards 
  • Power tools (small to medium-sized)
  • Receivers
  • Remote controls
  • Routers
  • Servers
  • Sewing machines
  • Stereos
  • Switches
  • Tablets (e.g., iPads, Kindles, etc.)
  • Toasters
  • Turntables
  • Vacuums
  • Video players
  • Vintage mobile phones
  • Vintage radios
  • Vintage stereos

If you can't see an item on the list email us [email protected] to see if we can accept it

 

 

 

It's actually a big help if you unlock your devices before dropping them to us (if possible).

Apple devices and other similar devices can not be reused if it's locked when you drop it off to us. We try to work through all of our Re's (rethink, reduce, reuse, repair, repurpose, recycle) with recycling being the last resort.

So if you are able to deactivate the Find My (phone) feature, erase the device and remove it from your iCloud account, it will be just like a new device and can be reused.

If not, your data will be locked. The device will then only be used for parts or fully recycled to its base components.

Our partners, Whirl Recycling, erase all data from devices that they can turn on and sign in to.

Devices that can not be secured are fully broken down to protect the data. For computers and laptops, when they can remove the hard drive, they use Active@KillDisk to erase drives to U.S. Department of Defense 5220-22M erasure and 20+ more international sanitising standards.