[elearning] e-Waste policies and legislation

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Vitta have an eWaste position statement that I worked on a while ago. Google can help you find it.

Also this is a good read
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/09/16/3849737.htm

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On 11/09/2013, at 9:44 AM, "Kevork Krozian" <kevork at edulists.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I am just wondering if there is an e-waste policy at your school and if it
> falls in line with any legislation/policy/regulations that you can refer
> to both within and outside your school.
> 
> You may find the following interesting:
> 
> Interesting material on Radio National yesterday morning about e-Waste
> 
> Also, http://techcollect.com.au/about-techcollect/ covers details of
> Federal Government initiatives including:
> 
> In 2011, the Australian federal parliament passed the Product Stewardship
> Act and established the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme.
> This made it law for companies that manufacture or import computers or TVs
> to recycle end-of-life product and meet specific requirements.
> Whilst these initiatives are intended to give all Australians reasonable
> access to an e-waste collection service by December 2013 there doesn’t
> seem to be any laws forcing people or organisations ( schools ) to dispose
> of e-Waste properly.
> 
> If you are aware of any e-Waste laws impacting on schools please let me know.
> 
> 
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
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