Saturday, September 25, 2010

E-Waste collection day in Carnegie

E-Waste , electronic waste that includes discarded TVs and computers is a growing problem across all municipalities.

Whilst the vast bulk of this waste is able to be recycled up,until now in Glen Eira this has all ended up in landfill as part of the hard rubbish collection- one has to only drive around our streets to see the exent of the problem.

In this years budget council has allocated funds to run three e-waste collection days across the wards . Residents will be able to responsibly discard of all their ewaste at these drop off points.

The first day will be held at the

Carnegie Pool carpark
Moira Ave
off Koornang Rd Carnegie

Saturday 9th October
8am - 4pm