E-Waste Recycling Disposal

 

The DocShop offers arange of recycling and disposal options for business waste. Electronic waste (or e-waste) is a significant issue in Australia and a national waste priority. The volume of e-waste is growing three times faster than other waste stream. Used electronic equipment contains valuable resources such as precious metals and can be toxic to the environment if placed in landfill.

 

 

Basically, e-waste is anything that has a battery or a power plug and is no longer wanted.   

The major items of e-waste are:
- Televisions
- Computers, printers and IT peripherals
- Mobile Phones
- Fluorescent Lamps
- VCRs, DVD players and stereo equipment
- Kitchen appliances
- Power tools

 

Recycling IT equipment utilising various methods of disassembly can reclaim precious metals for reuse and divert redundant equipment from landfill.

 

The DocShop has developed a range of recycling and disposal options

	Supply of bins
	Confidential shredding, paper recycling, cardboard, bottles and cans, printer cartridges
	Collection of printer cartridges
	Collection of cardboard
	Pick up and disposal of excess office equipment
	Pick up and disposal of redundant IT equipment
	Computer screens, printers, telephone or other electrical appliances
	Pick up and disposal of packing foam
	Pick up and disposal of old office furniture

 

Environment Policy

In providing its services to the community, the Company will utilise best practice to ensure that all environmental aspects of its operations are understood and managed by its people.  The Company embraces the following guiding principles for planning and implementing activities to support sustainable management of natural resources.

 

Our Commitment

To continuously improve our environmental performance by:

	Meeting all of our legislative environmental management requirements, and moving our practices beyond compliance where sustainable opportunities are identified
	Managing the environmental aspects of all of our activities by training our people
	Continuously improving our work practices to be more effective in the management of environmental aspects of the products and services we supply