TV & Computer Recycling
TV’s & Computers recycling includes printers, computer parts and peripherals (see full list below).
The following is not accepted:
Electrical Appliances, Mobile Phones, Game Consoles i.e Xbox, Video Recorders, DVD players, Radios, stereos, Power tools, Digital set top boxes
How to Recycle your TV’s & Computers at Kimbriki?
- Please wipe all data from computer when possible.
- Customers must unload their own items.
- Place in appropriate cages.
- Special cage for devices with data.
- Toners must be removed as they contain chemicals which are not accepted at Kimbriki. They can be recycled at shops that sell them or via Australia Post retailers.
- Northern Beaches Council and Mosman Council have banned TV’s & Computers from Council’s household waste collections and from being accepted as landfill at Kimbriki.
What can be recycled in TV’s & Computers?
Under the National TV & Computer Recycling Scheme, only the following products CAN be dropped-off for free recycling:
| Product | Product type |
|---|---|
| Televisions | Colour televisions |
| Black and white televisions | |
| Computers | Laptops, notebooks, palmtops and tablets |
| Personal computers | |
| Central processing units for personal computers | |
| Monitors and projectors, including cathode-ray tube and flat screen monitors | |
| Printers and Photocopiers | Multi-function printers with print, copy and fax transmission |
| Single-function printers
Home (tabletop) Photocopiers – under 990mm deep x 1050mm high x 2140mm wide (must fit recycling cage and cannot sit above the top as the cages are stacked on top of each other to transport). |
|
| Computer parts and peripherals | Keyboards |
| Joysticks and game pads | |
| Mouses and trackballs | |
| Scanners | |
| Compact disc drives, including burners | |
| Digital video disc drives, including burners | |
| Hard drives, CD drives | |
| Memory cards, including network, sound, video, IDE, SCSI and similar | |
| Motherboards | |
| Electrical transformers and static converters | |
| Web cameras, keyboards, web cameras, USBs and modems |
The objectives of the scheme:
- Reduce waste to landfill, especially the hazardous materials found in electronic waste.
- Increase the recovery of reusable materials in a safe, scientific and environmentally sound manner.
- Provide convenient access to recycling services for households and small businesses throughout Australia.
