E-Waste

What is e-waste?

E-waste includes televisions, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, PC monitors, loose hard drives, keyboards, plastic computer speakers, motherboards, video and sound cards, printers (with toners removed), scanners, network devices, set top boxes, mice, other computer parts, cables, IT accessories, gaming equipment, web cameras, DVD and VCR players, CD and DVD discs (discs only not the covers).

What happens to our e-waste?  

Hornsby Shire Council accepts e-waste at our Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre. E-waste is collected by Council’s contractor, TechCollect.

Mobile phones, tablets and laptops can also be donated for reuse and redistribution to those in need. Ensure you do a factory reset and unlock your device before dropping your item off at the Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre as all locked devices are destroyed. For full details, see The Reconnect Project.

More Information

• Recycling Infograph – TechCollect (PDF 398kb)
• TechCollect Where Does Your E-waste Go (PDF 126kb)