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# EcoCycle : Mercury Recovery & Recycling

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- [Memorandum of Understanding with Cobalt Blue](https://ecocycle.com.au/memorandum-of-understanding-with-cobalt-blue/) - Ecocycle (Ecobatt) have entered into an MOU with Cobalt Blue to evaluate the feasibility of treating black mass from battery recycling within Australia.
- [The controversy around e-waste continues to new heights](https://ecocycle.com.au/the-controversy-around-e-waste-continues-to-new-heights/) - The controversy around the amount of e-waste being generated has gone to new heights with the recent Netflix production of ‘Buy Now-The Shopping Conspiracy.’
- [A new Envirnomental Procurement policy for e-waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/a-new-envirnomental-procurement-policy-for-e-waste/) - An October federal government discussion paper on ESP Policy (Environmentally Sustainable Procurement) for ICT goods illustrates the challenges Australia faces
- [E-waste Draws Increasing Worldwide Attention.](https://ecocycle.com.au/e-waste-draws-increasing-worldwide-attention/) - The health hazards associated with e-waste are drawing increasing attention worldwide, following a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO)
- [Recycal’s continued transition to environmental sustainability.](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycals-continued-transition-to-environmental-sustainability/) - Ecocycle and its sister company Recycal are continuing their transition to environmental sustainability. Few groups have invested as heavily in ensuring world
- [IT Executives understand the extent of the e-waste problem.](https://ecocycle.com.au/it-executives-understand-the-extent-of-the-e-waste-problem/) - Increasingly IT executives now understand the extent of the e-waste problem. Whether you are a manufacturer, retailer or distributor the growth of electronic
- [Disposal of Vapes continues to be a problem.](https://ecocycle.com.au/disposal-of-vapes-continues-to-be-a-problem/) - Disposal of Vapes into landfill continues to be a problem. Import estimates suggest that over 90 million vapes are coming into the country each year.
- [EU Legislators to outlaw use of Needless Mercury](https://ecocycle.com.au/eu-legislators-to-outlaw-use-of-needless-mercury/) - EU legislators have started the process to outlaw the use of needless mercury in dental amalgam. In January members of the European parliament further voted in
- [Driving Change, EV Battery Recycling is still a growing industry.](https://ecocycle.com.au/driving-change-ev-battery-recycling-is-still-a-growing-industry/) - Electric vehicles (EVs) now represent 7% of all new car sales, marking a significant shift towards sustainable transportation. In Australia the average age of a
- [The concept of urban mining. What it all means.](https://ecocycle.com.au/the-concept-of-urban-mining-what-it-all-means/) - he concept of urban mining, like so many other recycling terms needs to be explained. The general populace understands primary mining where resources in the
- [World class lithium recycling development gets the go-ahead.](https://ecocycle.com.au/world-class-lithium-recycling-development-gets-the-go-ahead/) - Ecobatt, part of the Ecocycle group of companies has given the go-ahead for a new $30 million lithium battery recycling plant, creating a total processing
- [The Recycling of LEDs need more focus in Australia](https://ecocycle.com.au/the-recycling-of-leds-need-more-focus-in-australia/) - With the need for energy efficient-lighting solutions increasing, the recycling of old LEDs and mercury bearing lights needs more focus.
- [Western Australia Champions Environmental Responsibility with E-Waste Landfill Ban](https://ecocycle.com.au/western-australia-champions-environmental-responsibility-with-e-waste-landfill-ban/) - In a decisive move towards a sustainable future, Western Australia (WA) is poised to implement a groundbreaking e-waste landfill ban this year,
- [10th Anniversary of adoption of Minamata](https://ecocycle.com.au/10th-anniversary-of-adoption-of-minamata/) - October 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Minamata Convention. Importantly a deal that showed the importance of international diplomacy
- [Global Changes in supply and demand for mercury](https://ecocycle.com.au/global-changes-in-supply-and-demand-for-mercury/) - With the introduction of the Minamata convention there is a need to understand the global changes in supply and demand for mercury. Current estimates suggest a
- [E-waste impact continues to grow](https://ecocycle.com.au/e-waste-impact-continues-to-grow/) - Without a doubt the impact of e-waste continues to grow with its significant impact on the environment. Indeed, only 12% of the nation’s computers are recycled. At this time, Australia is the fourth highest generator of e-waste per capita in the world. Poorly managed e-waste means heavy metals and hazardous waste such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and brominated flame retardants leak into the environment. Clearly, the risks of data leaks are also increased if the device’s storage aren't carefully treated.
- [Managing Mercury Risk](https://ecocycle.com.au/managing-mercury-risk/) - Managing mercury risk is an important issue for many Australian industrial companies. Mercury causes very harmful and lasting health impacts due to its toxicity
- [Ecocycle continues to invest in mercury waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-continues-to-invest-in-mercury-waste/) - Importantly, the Minamata convention became a reality in Australia last year for mercury waste. This convention was the result of the historical problems caused
- [How dentists can better manage waste and become more sustainable](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-dentists-can-better-manage-waste-and-become-more-sustainable/) - Dentists can make their practices more sustainable and improve their environmental footprint by recycling old dental amalgam, equipment and other waste. Dental fillings and electronic waste (e-waste) hold small amounts of mercury and need to be recycled to prevent the mercury from contaminating and poisoning the environment. The average dental surgery is estimated to generate
- [Mercury and the environment](https://ecocycle.com.au/mercury-and-the-environment/) - Mercury and the environment - Mercury is the most hazardous metal on the EPA’s list of industrial pollutants. If not handled or recycled correctly it is a very potent neurotoxin to humans.
- [Profiting From The Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET)](https://ecocycle.com.au/profiting-from-the-victorian-energy-efficiency-target-veet/) - The Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) makes it cheaper for both businesses and householders to improve their energy efficiency.
- [Recycling Safety a Priority at Ecocycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycling-safety-a-priority/) - US Federal data on recycling safety, shows the injury rate in the waste and recycling industry fell in 2021, reaching its lowest point since 2006. US Labor Statistics reveal that the injury and illness rate fell from 3.4 incidents per 100 full-time employees, to 2.2 incidents in 2021. Industry commentators feel these numbers reflect an
- [5 Gross Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Can Recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-gross-things-probably-didnt-know-can-recycle/) - Recycling much of our waste is now second nature, but there’s a whole world of recyclables out there that can’t go into council bins. And brave companies are stepping up to the challenge of finding ways to recycle some pretty yucky items. So slip on some rubber gloves, clip on a nose peg and dive
- [How Recycling Your Computer Protects Your Privacy](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycling-computer-protects-privacy/) - Many studies have been conducted into the level of personal information that can be recovered from discarded or second hand computers and memory sticks. One Australian study found that most used memory cards purchased online had not been wiped, and around half contained information that could be used maliciously. Other researches have easily recovered data
- [Recycling Recovers Energy As Well As Materials](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycling-recovers-energy-well-materials/) - We all know that recycling is important because it means we recover valuable resources for reuse. This reduces the need to mine new materials and lowers pressure on the environment. But when things are recycled, it isn’t just the materials that are recovered, but also a lot of the energy that goes into making them.
- [Everything You Wanted To Know About Mercury But Was Afraid To Ask](https://ecocycle.com.au/everything-wanted-know-mercury-afraid-ask/) - The United Nations Environment Program recently released a call to action Mercury – Time to Act. It contains a wealth of information about mercury, its impacts on humans and ecosystems, and a plan of action to continue to reduce the amount of mercury going into our environment. Who needs to act? The report identifies roles
- [Battery Recycling #1 – Non-Rechargeable Household Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/battery-recycling-1-non-rechargeable-household-batteries/) - We live in an electric world, and most of our electricity is delivered by wires. But if we want to access power away from an electricity socket, then by far the commonest way of doing so is to use batteries. Vast numbers of batteries are manufactured each year, and most of them end up in
- [Battery Recycling #2 – Nickel-Based Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/battery-recycling-2-nickel-based-batteries/) - The main types of nickel-based batteries that most people will come across are nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cad) and nickel-metal hydride (NiMH). Although both types of battery can be used in industrial and heavy-duty applications, such as electric vehicles, aircraft standby batteries and for stationery power, their real popularity is for powering consumer items – cordless phones and
- [Battery Recycling #3 – Lithium Battery Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/battery-recycling-3-lithium-battery-recycling/) - Lithium-based batteries began to appear in the scene in the 1970s, so are relative newcomers to the rechargeable battery line up. They come in a variety of chemistries, but the ones most of us encounter are lithium-ion and lithium polymer batteries. With good power to weight ratios, lithium batteries are taking over many applications previously
- [Battery Recycling #4 – Lead-Acid Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/battery-recycling-4-lead-acid-batteries/) - Lead-acid batteries sit under the bonnet of pretty much every car in the world, but we barely give them a thought unless they go flat. Each car battery contains about 12 kg of lead. With over one billion cars on the world’s roads, that’s around 12 million tonnes of lead in cars alone. On top
- [Can Bricks, Spectacles And Houses Be Recycled? Yes](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-bricks-spectacles-houses-recycled-yes/) - We are all pretty well aware of what we can put into our recycling bins – glass and plastic bottles, paper and cardboard, steel and aluminium cans. And because you are on our website, you’ll also know that we recycle fluorescent tubes and lamps, electronic waste, dental and medical waste, photographic and industrial waste and
- [How Do We Catch Up To The UK On Lamp Recycling?](https://ecocycle.com.au/catch-uk-lamp-recycling/) - If we want to see what is possible when it comes to fluorescent lamp recycling, the UK provides a good example. In 2008 23.2% of their light globes were recycled; last year it was nearly 40%. In Australia, it’s harder to come up with reliable numbers regarding the portion of lamps that are recycled. And
- [More Recyclables: Plastic Bags, Printer Cartridges And Fridges](https://ecocycle.com.au/recyclables-plastic-bags-printer-cartridges-fridges/) - Following on from our last post, here are some more things you can recycle, but might overlook. Plastic shopping bags are a real problem. Carelessly discarded bags can end up in rivers and the ocean, and represent a major risk to wildlife. Most home recycling collection programs don’t accept plastic bags, but they are easy
- [Extreme Recycling: Toilets, Cigarette Butts And Dirty Nappies!](https://ecocycle.com.au/extreme-recycling-toilets-cigarette-butts-dirty-nappies/) - Our last couple of posts have looked at items that can be recycled in Australia. Meanwhile overseas, and even in space, some very unlikely items are getting the recycling treatment. Mind you, some of them require a pretty strong stomach. Recycling urine to recover water is nothing new for astronauts. But wouldn’t it be nice
- [Amalgam Recovery In Action At The Royal Dental Hospital Of Melbourne](https://ecocycle.com.au/amalgam-recovery-action-royal-dental-hospital-melbourne/) - Originally known as the Melbourne Dental Hospital, The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne has been operating since 1890, providing a variety of dental services to the public, including many decades of dental restorations using mercury-containing amalgam. Ecocycle discussed managing the dental amalgam waste from the Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital with Facilities Manager Paul Horsington. After
- [SA Power Networks Recycle Lighting With Ecocycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/sa-power-networks-recycle-lighting-cma-ecocycle/) - SA Power Networks, formerly ETSA Utilities, is South Australia’s electricity distributor. Its street lighting is recycled with Ecocycle in Wingfield. Check the links below for more information: http://www.fluorocycle.org.au/cms/files/SA%20Power%20Networks%20Case%20Study.pdf http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/credit-for-fluoro-light-recycling/story-e6frea6u-1226312980244 http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC12247
- [Ecocycle Now Under New Ownership](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-now-new-ownership/) - The assets and business name Ecocycle have been purchased from the receivers of CMA Recycling, PPB, and the business is now under the management of Nick Dodd and Doug Rowe. Doug is the owner of Recycal, a leading Australian-based integrated recycling group that provides a range of recycling services to industry. As previous owners of
- [Which Fish Have The Lowest Mercury Levels?](https://ecocycle.com.au/fish-lowest-mercury-levels/) - We all know that eating fish is good for us, right? Rich in omega 3s (good for the heart), packed full of protein and delicious to boot, what’s not to love? Well, some types of fish can accumulate quite high levels of mercury, and that’s not so good for us. The question then becomes, which
- [What If 20 Million Light Globes Didn’t Have To End Up In Landfills Every Year?](https://ecocycle.com.au/20-million-light-globes-didnt-end-landfill-every-year/) - In Australia it is estimated that over 20 million mercury-containing light bulbs, lamps and fluorescent tubes end up in landfill each year. There’s a real risk of that mercury leaking out of landfills and entering our environment, and as most of us know, mercury is dangerous stuff. So wouldn’t it be better if it didn’t
- [One Thing Everyone Should Read About Dental Fillings](https://ecocycle.com.au/one-thing-everyone-read-dental-fillings/) - We say a lot about the harm that mercury can cause, and why it’s a good thing to keep it out of our environment. You might have seen our article on mercury in fish with its link to a useful infographic that provides a nice little summary of why mercury is a bad guy in
- [The Next Time You Go To The Dentist, Make Sure You Ask This Question](https://ecocycle.com.au/next-time-go-dentist-make-sure-ask-question/) - Dental amalgam waste is believed to be one of the single largest sources of mercury pollutions in sewage and waste water in Australia. It comes from fillings that are being replaced and from the amalgam removed from new fillings as they are worked into shape. All up, it is estimated that in Australia alone, over
- [What In The World Are We Doing To Combat Mercury Pollution?](https://ecocycle.com.au/world-combat-mercury-pollution/) - Nearly 60 years ago doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata started to see patients with unusual and distressing neurological symptoms that, in many cases, lead to death. After much investigation the cause was found to be the methyl-mercury that had been released into Minamata Bay by a chemical factory. There it was taken up
- [Next Time You Throw Away Your Old Light Globes, Think About Where They Could End Up](https://ecocycle.com.au/next-time-throw-away-old-light-globes-think-end/) - What happens to your old light globes after they give up the ghost? Well, it all depends on what you do with them. And depending on the type of light globe, what you decide to do is quite important. If you are like most Australians, your old light globes will go into your rubbish bin.
- [Come And See Us At The 2014 ADIA Victorian Dental Show](https://ecocycle.com.au/come-see-us-2014-adia-victorian-dental-show/) - On August 22 & 23 Ecocycle will be joining more than 70 other exhibitors at the 2014 ADIA Victorian Dental Show. With practice-friendly opening hours, this show is a fantastic opportunity for dentists and allied oral healthcare professionals to see the latest in dental equipment and services from Australia and overseas. As Australia’s only fully EPA-licensed
- [Five Stunning Uses For X-rays Outside Of Hospitals](https://ecocycle.com.au/five-stunning-uses-x-rays-outside-hospitals/) - Chances are you’ve had an X-ray to check for broken bones, find the source of that niggling back pain or to reveal holes hiding in your teeth. X-rays are also the basis of CT scans that reveal, slice by slice, a detailed picture of our inner workings. But these magical rays that can see through
- [What Is The Future Of Lighting Waste?](https://ecocycle.com.au/future-lighting-waste/) - Back when Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison where figuring out how to produce viable light bulbs, dealing with lighting waste wasn’t much of an issue. The light globes might not have lasted all that long, but the contents weren’t particularly nasty, and nobody would have given a second thought to throwing them away. The Mercury
- [How LEDified Doubles Its Environmental Achievement](https://ecocycle.com.au/ledified-doubles-environmental-achievement/) - Every month LED lighting specialist LEDified replaces around 40,000 halogen lights, fluorescent tubes and high bay lights with low-energy LED lights. It’s important work that contributes significantly to the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) and the equivalent Energy Saving Scheme (ESS) in New South Wales. The aim of these schemes is to reduce greenhouse gas
- [How Dentists Make The Best Lovers](https://ecocycle.com.au/dentists-make-best-lovers/) - It turns out your dentist could have quite an influence on your sex life. And no, we aren’t suggesting anything unprofessional! It’s all to do with the way in which a good set of teeth appeals to the opposite sex – and the answer is ‘a lot’. We are quick to form opinions when meeting
- [Find What You're Looking For On Our New Website](https://ecocycle.com.au/find-youre-looking-new-website/) - Since our change of ownership earlier this year we’ve been working hard to re-commission equipment, process the backlog of waste left by the former owners and restore Ecocycle to its position as Australia’s premier recycler of mercury. To compliment these changes behind the scenes, we’ve also created a brand new website. The new website reflects
- [Extra Cash Every Week For Victorian Sparkies with VEET](https://ecocycle.com.au/extra-cash-every-week-victorian-sparkies/) - Victorian electrical contractors are saving their customers heaps of money just by changing a few light globes. With a lot of the cost covered by a state government rebate, householders and businesses are jumping at the chance to ditch their halogens, incandescent globes and even fluorescent lighting in favour of new, energy efficient lights. That’s
- [Pat A Pig Or Go Into Hiding: Extreme Ways To Address Dentist Phobia](https://ecocycle.com.au/pat-pig-go-hiding-extreme-ways-address-dentist-phobia/) - How would you like to start your next visit to the dentist? Fondle a ferret? Pat a pig? Or perhaps chase a dachshund? These are some of the possibilities at the practice of Welsh dentist Dr Mark Boulcott. In addition to pigs, ferrets and dogs, Mark’s ‘zoo’ has terrapins, horses and a variety of birds
- [What Can 22 Million Recycled Phones Do?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-22-million-recycled-phones-do/) - If you have any old phones that you want to throw away, you can find drop-off points on Mobile Muster's website here, or print off reply paid labels and post them in. Recycling Electronics– More Than Just Phones There is far more to e waste disposal than just mobile phones. Think of all the printers,
- [How Fluorescent Tubes Are Recovered By A Lamp Recycler](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-fluorescent-tubes-recovered-by-lamp-recycler/) - Disposing of fluorescent tubes, lamps and bulbs is a particular concern as they contain the highly toxic metal, mercury. At any given moment there are billions of light globes and fluorescent tubes lighting up our lives, but old light bulbs and tubes eventually give up the ghost and create a mountain of waste. Fortunately, lamp
- [The Victorian Scheme That Helps Sparkies Help The Environment](https://ecocycle.com.au/victorian-scheme-helps-sparkies-help-environment/) - UPDATE: If you're a sparky that wants to get started with the VEET scheme, click here to find out how. The VEET is a fantastic initiative, and one that we fully support. Electricians can actually make money by helping households and businesses to save money. The scheme makes it cheaper to ditch energy-guzzling appliances and
- [Will Australia Follow The US On Amalgam Separators?](https://ecocycle.com.au/will-australia-follow-us-amalgam-separators/) - The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) recently released a proposal to require dental practices to install amalgam separators to control the discharge of dental amalgam pollutants. In the US, dental offices are the largest single source of the mercury that flows through water treatment works, contributing about half of total amount of mercury that
- [Behold The Beauty Of The Humble Light Bulb](https://ecocycle.com.au/behold-beauty-humble-light-bulb/) - Good old incandescent globes have been lighting our way for over a century. Most of us install them and discard them without a second look, but have you ever peered inside a light globe and wondered how these little marvels of engineering are made? Here’s the video to satisfy your curiosity. Watch carefully for the
- [Is Fish Sperm The Next Big Thing In Metal Recycling?](https://ecocycle.com.au/is-fish-sperm-the-next-big-thing-in-metal-recycling/) - A group of Japanese scientists have started experimenting with salmon milt (sperm), believing it could be used to recycle valuable rare earth metals as part of the electronic waste recovery process. Nothing Goes To Waste Not only is fish milt a rich source of DNA, the fishing industry in Japan discards thousands of tonnes of
- [Where Does Mercury Come From?](https://ecocycle.com.au/where-does-mercury-come-from/) - Mercury is an environmental hazard that is used by industry, which can cause mercury poisoning and deadly Minamata Disease, but where exactly does it come from? Fact is, it is a natural part of our environment. It occurs pretty much everywhere, but mostly in such tiny quantities that it doesn’t cause any harm. The problem is
- [Recycling Dental Amalgam Couldn’t Be Easier](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycling-dental-amalgam-couldnt-be-easier/) - For over 20 years Ecocycle has been collecting and recycling the mercury from dental amalgam waste and to us, it's more than just a job. Each year an average Australian dental surgery produces around 1kg of amalgam waste containing about 500g of mercury metal. It takes just one gram of mercury to contaminate a billion
- [Four Easy Steps To Recycling Fluorescent Bulbs And Lighting](https://ecocycle.com.au/four-easy-steps-to-recycling-fluorescent-bulbs-and-lighting/) - Ecocycle is Australia’s largest fluorescent lights recycling company. We also recycle light bulbs that don’t contain mercury. In Australia, disposing of light bulbs usually means dumping millions of them into landfill. The problem is, fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent lamps contain mercury. It may only be a small amount per lamp, but with such large
- [Electricians Win More Tenders with ISO 14001 Accreditation](https://ecocycle.com.au/electricians-win-tenders-iso14001-accreditation/) - Proper disposal of mercury waste plays a crucial part of protecting our environment, so it won’t come as any surprise that, as Australia’s leading lamp recycler, Ecocycle is committed to the highest standards. That’s why we are accredited to the internationally recognised environmental management standard ISO 14001. What may be less obvious is how our accreditation
- [SA’s REES Scheme Opens Up New Opportunities For Sparkies](https://ecocycle.com.au/sas-rees-scheme-opens-up-new-opportunities-for-sparkies/) - The South Australian Retailer Energy Efficiency Scheme (REES) commenced on the 1st of January 2015, and will run until 2020. It requires larger energy retailers to help households and businesses save energy, opening up new opportunities for electrical contractors. REES Covers A Lot Of Options Under REES, energy retailers can offer a wide range of
- [How The NSW Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) Benefits Sparkies](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-the-nsw-energy-savings-scheme-ess-benefits-sparkies/) - Electrical contractors in New South Wales wanting to boost business should take a look at the Energy Savings Scheme (ESS). It provides a significant financial incentive for businesses and home-owners to undertake activities that reduce their energy use. How ESS Works When an eligible activity that reduces electricity consumption is completed, energy savings certificates (ESCs)
- [Visit Us At The 2015 Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo](https://ecocycle.com.au/visit-us-at-the-2015-australasian-waste-recycling-expo/) - The Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo is on at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 12-13 August, and we’ll be there. The expo is free to anyone looking for waste management and recycling solutions. Ecocycle is the only mercury recycler to be fully licensed by the Environmental Protection Agencies in each state to handle
- [South Australian Sparkies Lead The Way On Fluoro Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/south-australian-sparkies-lead-the-way-on-fluoro-recycling/) - South Australia is widely recognised as a leader in recycling and waste reduction. Its famous 10 cent deposit on drinks containers has been in place since 1975 and checkout-style plastic bags were given the flick in 2009. Since 2010, bans on dumping a growing list of waste types in landfill have given recycling rates a
- [The Easy Way To Recycle Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/the-easy-way-to-recycle-batteries/) - Australia has a pretty poor record when it comes to battery recycling. Over 90% of dead batteries, hundreds of thousands a year, end up in landfill. It just adds to our waste problem and increases the risk of toxic chemicals polluting our environment. It’s also a waste of valuable, reusable resources. The good news is,
- [The Easy Way For Businesses To Recycle X-Rays And Film](https://ecocycle.com.au/the-easy-way-to-clean-up-on-x-rays-and-film/) - Like most areas of imaging, X-rays have gone digital, but there are still large quantities of old, silver-based X-ray film filling up storage space in hospitals and radiology centres around Australia. Just as vinyl records still have their fans, silver-based films remain in use in some parts of the imaging industry. If you're an Australian business
- [Five Types Of Old Batteries Your Workplace Can Easily Recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/five-types-old-batteries-workplace-can-easily-recycle/) - Our modern world relies on all sorts of batteries, from the little button cells that go into hearing aids through to huge, shipping container sized batteries that provide industrial-scale backup power. And that reliance is increasing as we develop stronger attachments to a growing suite or electronic devices. Battery Recycling Is Here To Help All
- [It’s Easy To Recycle E Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/its-easy-to-recycle-e-waste/) - While an important part of our everyday life, technology is always changing and evolving. Today’s new big thing is tomorrow’s electronic waste, and we are producing mountains of the stuff. Computers, TVs, phones and tablets contain a mix of both valuable and hazardous materials. It’s really easy for businesses to responsibly manage electronic waste disposal with a
- [How Your Workplace Can Run Its Own Battery Recycling Scheme](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-your-workplace-can-run-its-own-battery-recycling-scheme/) - Did you know that old batteries can be recycled? Even better, did you know you could set up your own workplace scheme in the office or warehouse to collect old batteries from both work and home? Join the thousands of Australian workplaces making a real difference. Recycling your old batteries makes a real contribution to cleaning up the environment, and it’s dead
- [FluoroCycle: Cleaning Up Australia’s Lighting Industry](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-fluorocycle-cleans-up-australias-lighting-industry/) - According to the Lighting Council of Australia (LCA), Australia’s peak lighting industry body, 90-95% of mercury-containing lighting waste is sent to landfill. To help do something about that appalling figure, the LCA established FluoroCycle. FluoroCycle is a voluntary product stewardship scheme. It aims to increase the level of fluorescent lamp recycling by targeting the commercial
- [What Ireland Can Teach Us About Fluorescent Bulb Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-ireland-can-teach-us-about-fluorescent-bulb-recycling/) - In Ireland, retailers that sell compact fluorescent lamps and tubes are required to offer a free recycling service. For each bulb or tube purchased, retailers are obliged to accept an equivalent tube or lamp for recycling. As a result, about 30% of fluoro lamps and tubes are recycled in Ireland. While that’s a lot higher
- [Why My Phone Battery Never Lasts A Day: 4 Tips To Make Your Battery Last Longer](https://ecocycle.com.au/why-my-phone-battery-never-lasts-a-day-4-tips-to-make-your-battery-last-longer/) - We all share the pain of our smartphone dying when we need it the most, which leaves us thinking "why did I play that extra game of Candy Crush?!". Ten years ago, phone batteries lasted for days without needing a charge but now, the battery indicator drops even quicker. So, what is happening with your
- [What Elephant Seals Teach Us About Our Mercury Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-elephant-seals-teach-us-about-our-waste-mercury/) - Scientists in California have discovered that seawater has become polluted by mercury 17 times above normal levels. Año Nuevo State Reserve has a large elephant seal population and local researchers found that when elephant seals go through their annual moult, the fur and skin they shed contained so much mercury that the level of mercury in the
- [Dentists, When Was The Last Time Your Amalgam Filter Was Serviced?](https://ecocycle.com.au/dentists-when-was-the-last-time-your-amalgam-filter-was-serviced/) - Amalgam separators are so unobtrusive it’s easy to forget that they are there. Connected to the drainage system of dental chairs, all they need is the power of gravity to trap dental amalgam and prevent large quantities of mercury from entering the environment. Because your amalgam separator works away quietly in the background, many dental clinics forget
- [How Frogs Helped Invent Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-frogs-helped-invent-batteries/) - The story of the invention of batteries nicely illustrates how an unexpected observation can stimulate curious minds and lead to new inventions with world-changing results. It begins in 1780 with Luigi Galvani dissecting a frog attached to a brass hook. When he touched the frog’s leg with an iron scalpel it twitched. Galvani’s friend, Alessandro
- [Ecocycle acquires Ecocycle Australia](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-acquires-ecocycle-australia/) - Ecocycle are pleased to announce the acquisition of Ecocycle Australia, effective from 1st October 2015. Ecocycle will take on board all existing Ecocycle Australia clients, continuing to offer a comprehensive recycling and recovering solution for their existing clients. All customers and suppliers previously working with Ecocycle Australia are advised that all assets that were used
- [A Victorian Ban on E-Waste Being Sent To Landfill Is Coming](https://ecocycle.com.au/a-victorian-ban-on-e-waste-being-sent-to-landfill-is-coming/) - While specific schemes for recycling some types of e-waste exist – things like mobile phones, printer cartridges, computers and TVs – rates of electronic recycling in Victoria are still relatively low. For example, under the national stewardship program for recycling televisions and computers, just 37% of discarded items are required to be recycled in 2015-2016.
- [Riches From Old Batteries And E-Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/riches-from-old-batteries-and-e-waste/) - Recycling is an increasingly important part of our economy, for two major reasons. For one, it plays a major role in preventing the environmental pollution that occurs when hazardous materials are dumped. The second is that it recovers valuable resources for reuse. Batteries and electronic waste (e waste) contain a complex mix of materials that
- [What Can Other Countries Teach Us About Battery Recycling?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-other-countries-teach-us-about-battery-recycling/) - When it comes to recycling batteries, Australia’s has a lot of room for improvement. A detailed study commissioned by the Australian Battery Recycling Initiative (ABRI) in 2010 showed that out of a total of 11,904 tonnes of waste handheld batteries (those that weigh less than one kilogram) just 750 tonnes (pdf) were responsibly recycled. That’s a
- [How Dell Is Tackling The Global E-waste Disposal Problem](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-dell-is-tackling-the-global-e-waste-disposal-problem/) - Did you know that in 2014 the world produced 42 million tonnes of e-waste? It’s a figure that is set to grow with our insatiable appetites for electronic gadgets and a growing, more affluent world population. Fortunately, the electronics industry is taking this issue seriously, and one company that is setting the pace on recycling
- [A Major Step Towards A Cleaner Dental Industry](https://ecocycle.com.au/a-major-step-towards-a-cleaner-dental-industry/) - The Industry is pleased to announce a ground-breaking agreement that will help to significantly reduce the amount of toxic mercury that enters the environment. All major companies that currently supply amalgam retention cups to dentists, Cattani, Ritter Dental with their Metasys range and Dürr (on behalf of their agents) Henry Schein, Ivoclar, Sirona and William
- [Tiny Villains Of Mercury Pollution Are More Common Than We Thought](https://ecocycle.com.au/tiny-villains-of-mercury-pollution-are-more-common-than-we-thought/) - While mercury in its metallic form is toxic, a bigger problem occurs when mercury spreads into the environment. Once mercury is released into the environment, some types of bacteria convert the metal into methylmercury. This is a far more poisonous substance. It is readily absorbed by fish and other animals, and can build up to
- [Australia, The Fourth Biggest Producer Of Municipal Waste: Let's Do Better!](https://ecocycle.com.au/australia-forth-biggest-producer-municipal-waste-lets-better/) - Did you know the average Australian produces 647 kg of municipal waste every year? According to a recent report, Australians are the fourth biggest producer of municipal waste in the world, only lagging behind Denmark, the US and Switzerland. While not all that waste comes from rubbish bins at our homes (some of it represents municipal waste
- [Six Things You Should Know About The National Television And Computer Recycling Scheme](https://ecocycle.com.au/six-things-know-national-television-computer-recycling-scheme/) - 1. What Is The National Television And Computer Recycling Scheme? The National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS) was established in 2011 and provides Australian households with access to collection and recycling services for old televisions, computers and other related equipment. 2. What Are The Goals Of The Recycling Scheme? The NTCRS sets annually increasing
- [July - September ADIA Dental Survey 2015: Key Takeaways](https://ecocycle.com.au/july-september-adia-dental-survey-2015-key-takeaways/) - The latest results of the ADIA Dental Practice Business Conditions Survey reveal that the July-September quarter of 2015 was a difficult one for dentists. While new patients held steady between July and September, the total number of patients seen was down in all states. Business conditions held up best in NSW/ACT, with just a moderate
- [What Can You Recycle This Christmas?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-recycle-christmas/) - All the things that come with Christmas including the presents, the food, and your family are approaching fast. Unfortunately, this also includes the aftermath of waste (and possibly a hard pinch to your cheeks from an elderly aunt). While we can't help you with your cheeks, we can definitely help with the waste. We've put together a quick
- [What Can Schools Recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-schools-recycle/) - There are so many things Australian schools can easily recycle, and starting a recycling program is a great way to get local community members such as students, parents and teachers involved. Take a look at our school recycling guide and see all the things that can be recycled to help make a difference. Recycle The
- [What Can You Recycle In Your Office?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-recycle-office/) - How does your office rate when it comes to recycling? Is it a one-bin, out-of-sight-out-of-mind, somebody else’s problem type of office? Or is it a reduce-reuse-recycle sort of place where everyone separates apple cores from drink bottles and nothing ever goes in the wrong bin? Chances are it’s somewhere in between, and even though we
- [Five Things Building Managers Can Do To Help The Environment](https://ecocycle.com.au/five-things-building-managers-can-do-to-help-the-environment/) - Commercial buildings are a significant source of waste, and in multi-tenanted buildings anything beyond basic waste collection is often left up to the individual businesses. However, it’s easy for building maintenance managers to introduce some simple initiatives that provide value to their clients and a payoff for the environment. 1. Champion A Battery Recycling Program
- [What Can Supermarkets Recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-supermarkets-recycle/) - In an ideal world supermarkets would sell everything that they buy. There would be no waste, and supermarket managers wouldn’t need to worry about recycling. In the real world, supermarkets need to dispose of millions of cartons, damaged goods and large amounts of food hitting its expiry date. On top of that, supermarkets generate a
- [How X-rays Created An Underground Music Industry](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-x-rays-created-an-underground-music-industry/) - In the age of iTunes and Spotify it’s hard to imagine not being able to listen to the music of your choice. But it was a different story in the Soviet Union of the 1950s. If your tastes tended towards Elvis Presley or Ella Fitzgerald rather than classical or patriotic music, listening to your favourite
- [What Types Of Batteries Can Schools Recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-types-of-batteries-can-schools-recycle/) - Schools get through their fair share of batteries, and with the start of the new school year fast approaching, now is a good time for a refresher lesson on battery recycling. It’s an important lesson because each year in Australia less than 10% of discarded batteries get recycled. Aside from contributing to the mountains of
- [Where Can I Recycle Batteries In Australia?](https://ecocycle.com.au/where-can-i-recycle-batteries-in-australia/) - Each year in Australia millions of batteries reach the end of their working life. Sadly, just 3% of handheld batteries (those weighting less than 5kg) are recycled. The rest, including many that contain toxic components, get dumped into landfill. It’s a sad state of affairs because not only is it possible to recycle batteries, with
- [Mercury Vs Microbeads: A Tale Of Two Pollutants](https://ecocycle.com.au/mercury-vs-microbeads-a-tale-of-two-pollutants/) - The cosmetics industry is acting to phase out microbeads, but dentists are slow to clean up their act on mercury pollution. Microbeads Microbeads are tiny particles of plastic that are used in facial scrubs, soaps and toothpastes. The beads are made from the common plastic, high-density polyethylene. They are not intrinsically toxic, but when flushed
- [The Most Common Batteries You Can Recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-are-the-most-common-batteries-to-recycle/) - Q. How many handheld batteries do Australians buy each year A. Over 400 million! Q. What happens to them when they no longer work? A. Most get dumped in landfill. Australia’s overall hand held battery recycling rate is less than 3%. For our most commonly used batteries, the recycling rate is around 2%. Q. What
- [Marine Plastic To Outweigh Fish By 2050](https://ecocycle.com.au/marine-plastic-to-outweigh-fish-by-2050/) - A report from the World Economic Forum predicts that, on current trends, by 2050 the amount of plastic in the oceans will outweigh all the fish. Think about it for a moment, and let the enormity of that sink in. This year, more than 8 million tonnes of plastic will ‘leak’ into the world’s oceans. That’s
- [Upcycling: Giving New Life To Things We Can't Recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/upcycling-giving-new-life-to-things-we-cant-recycle/) - What happens to most of the stuff we drop in our council recycling bins? Glass jars, steel and aluminium cans get be turned back into new glass jars, steel and aluminium cans. Plastics, however, mostly get down-cycled – turned into lower value products that may not be further recyclable. Then there’s all the stuff we
- [E-Waste Recycling: What Actually Happens To Your Old Phone Or TV When It's Recycled?](https://ecocycle.com.au/e-waste-recycling-what-actually-happens-to-your-old-phone-or-tv-when-its-recycled/) - When we think of e-waste, most attention focuses on the bits that do all the hard work – the batteries and printed circuit boards (PCBs). We tend to forget about the boring things like steel computer cases, glass and plastics even though they can, by weight, make up over 95% of the e-waste disposal stream.
- [Save Our Bacteria – Recycle Your Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/save-bacteria-recycle-batteries/) - As we move from the fossil fuel age into the battery-electric age we don’t want to swap one set of environmental problems for another. It’s therefore important that any risks posed by the new materials that will underpin a clean energy economy are identified and addressed. A new finding from the Universities of Wisconsin and
- [The Art Of Upcycling: Turning Junk Into Something Useful](https://ecocycle.com.au/upcycling-turning-unrecyclable-art/) - Upcycling is the process of turning waste, often of the sort that is usually considered “unrecyclable”, into something that is useful or of value. A popular form of upcycling involves creating art with items of waste, and the results can be spectacular. They can also be practical, as Fennell’s bus shelter made out of a
- [How To Make The Most Of Your Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-waste/) - Did you know that between 1996-97 and 2012-2013, Australia’s economic production rose by 69%, but our waste production rose 154%? Instead of becoming more efficient at turning raw materials into economic value, we became less efficient. And what makes up that waste stream? It depends on the source. In municipal (mostly household) waste, food and garden
- [What Can I Recycle? There’s An App For That](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-recycle-theres-app/) - Are aerosol cans recyclable? What about biscuit trays? How can you dispose of old paint and motor oil? Thanks to an app created by Eleanor Meyer and Stephen Halpin the answers are now at your fingertips. What’s more, the answers are tailored to your location. The story began when Stephen and Eleanor were paired in
- [Ecocycle Boosts Mercury Recycling At ADX2016 Sydney](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-boosts-mercury-recycling-adx2016-sydney/) - Ecocycle is proud to have been a major sponsor of Australia’s largest dental exhibition, ADX16, held in Sydney last month. The Ecocycle Café and Ecocycle Drinks helped to raise awareness of the brand and, more importantly, spark interest in amalgam recycling by dental practices that haven’t yet installed amalgam separators. Also giving a boost to
- [Will Australia Benefit From The Lithium Boom?](https://ecocycle.com.au/will-australia-benefit-from-the-lithium-boom/) - Within a few days of launch, more than 300,000 people put down deposits on the Tesla Model 3 electric car. While Tesla may be the highest profile electric car manufacturer at the moment, it is far from the only one. Many major brands are getting in on the act and there are plenty of reasons to
- [Why recycling is a no-brainer for every Australian business](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycling-no-brainer-every-australian-business/) - Recycling at home is easy. Just drop all recyclable items in the council-provided bin, and that’s it. The cost is covered by the annual council rates so we don’t give them a second thought. The situation is a bit different for businesses. Recycling is often a net cost and the natural inclination is to avoid
- [Five ways your business can celebrate Earth Day 2016](https://ecocycle.com.au/five-ways-business-can-celebrate-earth-day-2016/) - Five ways businesses can celebrate earth day April 22 is Earth Day. It represents a global movement to inspire, challenge ideas, ignite passion, and motivate people to take action on environmental issues. The event has come a long way from its founding in 1970 and it is now celebrated by more than one billion people around the
- [How apple recovered $40 million worth of gold from unwanted iPhones](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-apple-recovered-40-million-worth-of-gold-from-iphones/) - Modern prospectors don’t need to head off into the wilderness, shovel and pan in hand, to hit gold – there’s plenty to be found in old phones and computers. In fact, in 2015 alone, Apple recovered a full tonne of gold from items collected via its take-back program. That tonne was just a small fraction of
- [Why millennials care if your business recycles](https://ecocycle.com.au/millennials-care-business-recycles/) - Millennials roughly comprise the generation that is now aged between 20 and 35. They are major consumers of goods and services, and are increasingly taking on senior, decision-making positions in business, politics and the not-for-profit sector. In other words, they have clout, and one thing that informs their decision-making is corporate social responsibility (CSR). How
- [Lighting containing mercury to be recycled under NSW Energy Savings Scheme](https://ecocycle.com.au/lighting-containing-mercury-recycled-nsw-energy-savings-scheme/) - Electrical contractors involved in commercial lighting upgrades under the New South Wales Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) need to know about a recent change to its rules. As of 15 May 2016, all lighting equipment containing mercury that is replaced as part of this program must be recycled. The ESS Rule amendments fact sheet can be
- [Dental amalgam waste is a prescribed industrial waste (PIW)](https://ecocycle.com.au/dental-amalgam-waste-prescribed-industrial-waste-piw/) - Owing to the mercury content, the Environment Protection Agency Victoria (EPAV) defines used dental amalgam waste as prescribed industrial waste (PIW), with the waste code D121 (Equipment and Articles containing mercury). This must be disposed of at waste facilities holding the appropriate EPA licence. What should happen? What does happen? Dental amalgam must be collected in
- [Dental amalgam: Reducing mercury pollution from cremations](https://ecocycle.com.au/reducing-mercury-pollution-cremations/) - Even in death, we can still be responsible for mercury pollution. On average, a cremated body releases two to four grams of mercury from the dental amalgam in the teeth. Individual crematoria can release over 5 kg of mercury per year, and in the United Kingdom, crematoria release around two tonnes of mercury every year
- [Australia's largest streetlight recycling initiative has been completed](https://ecocycle.com.au/australias-largest-streetlight-recycling-initiative-completed/) - Mercury bonus Ecocycle’s main focus is on preventing the mercury contained in the old streetlights from ending up in the environment. However, the energy savings delivered by the new low-energy lighting provides an additional bonus on the mercury front. Coal-fired power stations are a major source of mercury pollution, so that big reduction in energy
- [Raising mercury recycling awareness at the 2016 ADIA Victorian Dental Show](https://ecocycle.com.au/raising-mercury-recycling-awareness-2016-adia-victorian-dental-show/) - The Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Industry Association held its biannual Victorian Dental Show at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on June 17 and 18. Running alongside the popular scientific convention, the show featured more than 40 exhibitors, providing dentists with the opportunity to stay abreast of developments in the industries underpinning their
- [How to recycle thermostats, thermometers and sphygmomanometers](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycle-thermostats-thermometers-sphygmomanometers/) - When you last had your blood pressure measured, how was it done? Automatic, digital devices are increasingly taking over this task but there are still large numbers of old sphygmomanometers (that’s what devices used to measure blood pressure are called) doing good service in medical clinics and hospitals around the world. Many of these older
- [Lessons learned from old landfills: Why we need to recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/lessons-from-old-landfills/) - Unlike true love, rubbish dumps don’t last forever. However, some of their contents do, and when a landfill starts to leak or erode, nasty stuff can make it out into the wider environment and become impossible to contain. In Victoria alone, dozens of old landfills are already suspected of leaking toxic materials into soil and
- [6 things that medical (and dental) clinics can recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-medical-clinics-recycle/) - Medical clinics are dedicated to improving health, but in the process they sometimes need to use items that contain hazardous materials. It’s therefore critical that health facilities understand what the hazards are, and ensure that they are managed in a safe way. Front of mind will be things like sharps and potentially infectious materials, but
- [Five ways recycling can boost your business](https://ecocycle.com.au/five-ways-recycling-can-boost-business/) - Research by the NSW EPA into the waste and recycling activities and attitudes of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) reveals that businesses recognise a number of benefits of recycling. According to the Business Recycling/Planet Ark report, understanding the attitudes towards waste and recycling was vital in determining how to reduce the large volumes of waste
- [Could dentists be Australia’s biggest mercury polluters?](https://ecocycle.com.au/dentists-australias-biggest-mercury-polluters/) - Last year a major water utility was outed as Australia’s biggest dumper of mercury. In the course of one year it discharged 40kg of mercury waste into the sea from its outfall pipes at Manly and Malabar in New South Wales. Earlier, it had been discovered that sharks caught off the NSW coast contained high
- [Gold and mercury: A lethal mix](https://ecocycle.com.au/gold-mercury-lethal-mix/) - We’ve known for at least 200 years that mercury is a poisonous metal that causes horrific health problems, and even death. Yet, this critical information isn’t being made available to many of the people who are exposed to the highest levels of mercury. Artisanal gold miners, often poor and operating illegally, use mercury to separate
- [Recycle locally and reduce the carbon footprint of your company](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycle-locally-reduce-carbon-footprint-company/) - You’ve probably heard of ‘food miles’ – the idea that transporting food over long distances gives it a huge carbon footprint relative to locally produced food. Those out of season Californian grapes and Peruvian asparagus spears may be delicious but they come with much bigger clouds of carbon dioxide emissions than locally grown, in-season produce.
- [Why is Aussie mercury waste being sent overseas?](https://ecocycle.com.au/aussie-mercury-waste-sent-overseas/) - Are you an Australian business looking to recycle mercury locally? As Australia’s largest and most experienced recycler of mercury, Ecocycle is ideally placed to help local resource companies develop transparent, effective and safe solutions for handling mercury-contaminated waste. Would you like to know more? Call us on 1300 32 62 92, or fill out the form
- [What can Australian warehouses and factories recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-australian-warehouses-factories-recycle/) - Industrial equipment A range of industrial equipment from transformers through to thermostats can potentially contain mercury, and therefore need to be disposed of safely. Depending on the size and nature of the equipment, specialist help may be required to assess the risks and to design effective solutions. Batteries Batteries, including tiny button cells and batteries
- [How social media is changing the face of recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/social-media-changing-face-recycling/) - Be genuine One thing to pay attention to: not only are millennials monitoring the messages put out by companies; social media provides access to information from insiders and environmental organisations. Unlike traditional media, social media operates in two directions. Users can ask questions, seek recommendations and get answers like never before, and any hint of
- [5 waste management tips for sports clubs and recreational centres](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-waste-management-tips-for-sports-clubs-and-recreational-centres/) - Sports clubs and recreational facilities are all about promoting health. And sport and exercise aren’t just about physical fitness: they also provide important psychological and social benefits. So, with all this focus on creating wellbeing, it would be a real tragedy if sports clubs and recreational centres undid some of that good work by contributing
- [How to convince your boss to get on board with workplace recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/convince-boss-get-board-workplace-recycling/) - Many people think that the sole purpose of a business is to make money for its owners, and that anything that gets in the way of this goal, such as spending money on non-compulsory workplace recycling efforts, should be ignored. If that sounds like the attitude of your boss, here are some tips on how
- [Why it's important to have and maintain an amalgam separator](https://ecocycle.com.au/important-maintain-amalgam-separator/) - Amalgam separators are simple, non-mechanical devices that sit within the drainage systems of dental practices. As their name implies, the purpose of an amalgam separator is to trap waste dental amalgam and separate it from wastewater that can then be safely discharged to the sewers. With mercury contamination a big enough problem to give rise
- [How EXITCYCLE and Ecocycle are recycling batteries from building exit signs](https://ecocycle.com.au/exitcycle-cma-ecocycle-recycling-batteries-building-exit-signs/) - Illuminated exit signs are a critical safety feature of most commercial buildings. If the power goes out or in an emergency, the light from these signs may truly be a lifesaver. However, emergency and exit lighting does have a dark side. About 90% of the batteries that power these lights are nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd), meaning
- [How workplace recycling can save your business money](https://ecocycle.com.au/workplace-recycling-can-save-business-money/) - Running an active recycling program in your workplace will not only help to reduce your impact on the environment, it can save your business money too. According to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria, improving resource efficiency in your business can help it to save money, improve occupational health and safety management, enhance shareholder relations
- [How FluoroCycle and Ecocycle are recycling mercury lights in Australia](https://ecocycle.com.au/fluorocycle-ecocycle-recycling-mercury-lights-australia/) - Mercury that accumulates in landfill can be extremely damaging – it converts to toxic methylmercury and extends to the wider environment through air, water and soil. And one of the biggest culprits of contributing mercury to landfill is fluorescent lighting. Even though the mercury within a single fluorescent tube is minimal and unlikely to cause
- [Indian board directed to dispose of compact fluorescent lamps responsibly](https://ecocycle.com.au/indian-board-directed-dispose-compact-fluorescent-lamps-responsibly/) - An Indian NGO, Toxic Links, has had success in its efforts to tackle mercury pollution from lighting waste. Presenting a case to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Toxic Links contended that current treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) were not adequately equipped to deal with compact fluorescent lamps and other mercury bearing lighting. The result
- [New truck to collect and transfer materials for recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/new-truck-collect-transfer-materials-recycling/) - We've acquired a new, custom-built truck at Ecocycle. The truck, which is currently being used in Western Australia, will collect materials for recycling and safely transport them to our recycling facility. We'll be looking to roll out more trucks across the country in the future.
- [How hospitals can drive recycling programs](https://ecocycle.com.au/hospitals-can-drive-recycling-programs/) - Hospitals are among our most important institutions, but in working to restore and maintain health, they create large amounts of waste. In Victoria, public hospitals produce as much waste as 200,000 households. Add in private hospitals and the sector, in just one state, generates as much waste as a medium-sized city. Natural leaders Hospitals need
- [Ecocycle named finalist in Hume Business Awards 2016](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-finalist-hume-city-council-2016-business-awards/) - We are pleased to share that Ecocycle was selected as a finalist in the Hume City Council Business Awards 2016, held on December 8. Ecocycle was recognised for their sustainability practices within the municipality. The awards recognise and acknowledge businesses from Hume City for their excellence and for the significant contribution they make to the local
- [How much mercury does Ecocycle recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/much-mercury-ecocycle-recycle/) - Mercury is an element. It doesn’t break down or decompose or otherwise get turned into something else. It can form compounds with other elements, of varying degrees of toxicity and stability, but all the mercury in the world has been part of the Earth since it formed billions of years ago, and will still be
- [How to dispose of mercury-containing products in Australia](https://ecocycle.com.au/dispose-mercury-containing-products-australia/) - How do you dispose of mercury? If that’s not a question you’ve ever thought about, then it’s time you did. Nearly all of us use products that contain mercury, and the decisions we make at the end of the lifecycle of those products determines whether the mercury gets safely recycled and used again, or if
- [How Ecocycle works with other recycling companies and programs](https://ecocycle.com.au/cma-ecocycle-works-recycling-companies-programs/) - The recycling industry is a bit like an ecosystem. It’s made up of a wide range of ‘species’, each of which occupies its own niche, eating a particular type of ‘food’ and producing waste that is ‘food’ for other ‘species’. In the recycling ecosystem the ‘species’ are companies, government departments and other organisations. ‘Food’ is
- [Ecocycle partners with recycling plant in Papua New Guinea](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-partners-recycling-plant-papua-new-guinea/) - Historically the story of international transfers of toxic waste has not been a happy one. The tendency has been for industrialised countries to ship waste to less developed nations where it is either dumped, often illegally, or manually broken down for recycling with no regard given to the health and safety of workers. Now, Australia’s
- [How government rebates help drive recycling initiatives](https://ecocycle.com.au/government-rebates-help-drive-recycling-initiatives/) - We have a long way to go in achieving a perfect recycling rate, and one way in which governments can help boost recycling is by providing rebates for particular activities. And, as it happens, recycling doesn’t even need to be the primary target of the rebates involved. Save energy, boost recycling Several state governments operate
- [How can I recycle my old computer?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-recycle-old-computer/) - Australia has a pretty poor record when it comes to recycling computers. Only about 10% get recycled, (and only about 1% of TVs), which adds up to a lot of electronic waste (e-waste) going to landfill. It defies common sense. At the point in the product life cycle when it is easiest and cheapest to
- [Ecocycle forges partnership with Ecovantage](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-forges-partnership-ecovantage/) - Lighting upgrade company Ecovantage has selected Ecocycle as its exclusive recycling partner. The agreement will see all lighting waste resulting from Ecovantage’s operations sent to Ecocycle for responsible recycling and mercury recovery. Ecovantage operates in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Its primary activity is the creation of energy efficiency certificates under each state’s
- [Ecocycle featured on inside waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-featured-in-inside-waste-magazine/) - Details about Ecocycle's partnership with Total Waste Management (TWM) in Papua New Guinea was recently featured on Inside Waste. The article talks about how Ecocycle has partnered with TWM to reverse the historically negative story of international transfers of toxic waste. "With appropriate licenses from the environment protection agencies in both countries, Ecocycle will take
- [Tasmanian regulators turn attention to mercury levels in water](https://ecocycle.com.au/tasmanian-regulators-turn-attention-mercury-levels-water/) - Many Tasmanian dentists may be unaware that they are defined as “commercial trade waste generators”. The problem is dental amalgam. EPA Tasmania regulated that, from 1 October 2008, dental practices must employ dental amalgam separators. Since then, dentists have been required to keep mercury waste out of waterways, so the installation of amalgam separators in
- [Why big businesses should care if their electrical contractors recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/big-businesses-care-electrical-contractors-recycle/) - Imagine you’re a facilities manager for a large company. It’s time to replace all the light globes in one of your major warehouses. So you get a couple of electrical contractors to give you a quote. Both offer similar quality lighting products, quick service to minimise business disruption, and clean-up and removal of all waste.
- [Why recycling programs in schools are so important in driving change](https://ecocycle.com.au/recycling-programs-schools-important-driving-change/) - The lessons we learn in school can lay the habits of a lifetime, and among the more important lessons we can teach our children is the nitty-gritty of recycling. Recycling needn’t be an add-on to the day’s learning. It can be easily integrated into a range of subjects, with its practical and hands-on nature helping
- [How to overcome objections to recycling in bigger business](https://ecocycle.com.au/overcome-objections-recycling-bigger-business/) - Some large businesses can be more bureaucratic than governments. That can make it difficult to implement new ways of doing things, such as comprehensive recycling programs. On the plus side, when a really big company embraces a course of positive action, it can achieve more good than a hundred or a thousand smaller businesses. The
- [Why receptionists hold the power to drive recycling initiatives in Australian businesses](https://ecocycle.com.au/receptionists-hold-power-drive-recycling-initiatives-australian-businesses/) - As a receptionist you’ll often know more about what is going on in a business than most employees (maybe even more than the boss). Each day you greet your colleagues and clients, delivery people and service providers. You answer the phone, and may even screen calls (particularly those annoying sales ones). On top of that
- [How to choose the right recycling supplier for your business](https://ecocycle.com.au/choose-right-recycling-supplier-business/) - As the concept of the circular economy becomes more mainstream, recycling is playing an increasingly important role in maximising the amount of ‘waste’ that is repurposed as a ‘resource’. The upshot? All businesses that produce any type of waste should be on the lookout for recycling opportunities. But with recycling solutions being developed for an
- [Where to take batteries, globes and e-waste for recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/take-batteries-globes-e-waste-recycling/) - Wouldn’t it be great if recycling batteries, lighting waste and electronic waste (e-waste) was as easy as recycling our plastic bottles and newspapers? Unfortunately, that’s not quite the case but with just a little extra effort it is possible to make sure all these types of waste, and the nasty things they contain, are responsibly
- [Another company falsely touted as ‘Australia’s only mercury treatment plant’](https://ecocycle.com.au/another-company-falsely-touted-australias-mercury-treatment-plant/) - Another company has falsely claimed it is Australia’s only mercury treatment plant. In this Pilbara News article, New Zealand-based business Contract Resources has been touted as “Australia’s only mercury treatment plant” in an announcement that it will construct a LNG waste processing facility in Karratha, Western Australia. This comes after Dutch company BMT claimed it
- [Seafood lovers eating oceans of mercury](https://ecocycle.com.au/seafood-lovers-eating-oceans-mercury/) - The amount of plastic we consume from our seafood has been in the news lately, but long before anyone even considered the problem of marine plastic we were poisoning our seafood, and ourselves, with a far more toxic and persistent pollutant – mercury. We may not witness mass mercury poisoning on the scale of Minamata
- [Victorian dentists support reduction of mercury](https://ecocycle.com.au/victorian-dentists-support-reduction-mercury/) - The Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch (ADAVB) has put its weight behind the proposals the Federal Government has set out for its ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, at least as they relate to dentistry. The ADAVB believes its members are already well placed to support the implementation of Convention [1]. Its Dentists for
- [How your workplace can run its own lighting recycling scheme](https://ecocycle.com.au/workplace-can-run-lighting-recycling-scheme/) - Want to buff up your environmental credentials by starting a lighting recycling program in your workplace? It’s easy! In fact, it takes just four simple steps to get up and running and protecting the environment. But why recycle lighting? The big issue is that fluorescent lighting has a dark side. It contains toxic mercury, a
- [The Effects Of Mercury On Water](https://ecocycle.com.au/effects-mercury-water/) - Mercury never goes away. It just gets moved around, changing from one chemical form to another, with water playing a major role in both the transport and transformation of mercury. Once mercury is released into waterways it can end up just about anywhere. Ocean currents can carry it around the world, it can evaporate into
- [5 things a tradie might not know they can recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-things-tradie-might-not-know-can-recycle/) - Whether you’re a sparky or a chippy, a dunny diver or a bricky, a lot of the waste that’s generated by the work you do can be recycled. In fact, over 90% of the waste generated on home construction sites can be recycled or diverted to other uses. It’s a similar story for demolition sites,
- [Laser Group And Ecocycle Switch On Lighting Recycling Partnership](https://ecocycle.com.au/laser-group-ecocycle-switch-lighting-recycling-partnership/) - It might not quite have been love at first sight, but when Laser Group and Ecocycle first met they were clearly a perfect match. Laser Group is a leading network of electrical and plumbing contractors spread across Australia. Ecocycle is Australia’s only fully licensed recycler of mercury and a major battery recycler. Many of Laser
- [3 Household Products We'd Love To See Tackled On ABC's War On Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/3-household-products-wed-love-see-tackled-abcs-war-waste/) - Across three chilling episodes of the ABC series War On Waste, Craig Reucassel lifted the lid on several of Australia’s dirty little secrets. Sorry, make that dirty BIG secrets, because the amount of stuff we throw away every day is nothing less than shocking. War On Waste focused on high volume wastes including food, clothing,
- [Minamata Convention On Mercury Comes Into Force](https://ecocycle.com.au/minamata-convention-on-mercury-comes-into-force/) - The Minamata Convention on Mercury has officially entered into force, 61 years after the first cases of what came to be known as Minamata disease were identified in the Japanese coastal city of the same name. The convention came into force on August 16, and the first conference of the parties will take place from
- [Call For NT Government To Take The Lead On Lighting And E-Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/2482-2/) - Ecocycle and Rusca Environmental Solutions are delighted to announce that they have entered into a formal agreement that will boost hazardous waste recycling in the Northern Territory. Ecocycle is Australia’s only fully licensed recycler of mercury-containing waste, and a major recycler of lighting, battery and other types of electronic waste. Rusca Environmental Solutions is a
- [Australian businesses that don't recycle face costly losses](https://ecocycle.com.au/australian-businesses-that-dont-recycle-face-costly-losses/) - 12,500,000 tonnes – that’s the amount of waste generated by Australian businesses every year. It’s estimated that 70% of that waste can be reused or recycled, but nearly half (46%) of it goes to landfill. That’s three million tonnes of waste unnecessarily going to landfill each year. A new resource from Planet Ark, The Business
- [What Are Councils Doing To Recycle Lighting?](https://ecocycle.com.au/councils-recycle-lighting/) - Recently we looked at the level of support given by local councils to battery recycling and found a mixed result. Some councils provided battery collection services through their offices and depots, others actually recommended tossing them into a normal rubbish bin. So, how about lighting recycling? Fluorescent lighting waste is top of our list of
- [Large companies’ recycling efforts could spur small businesses to follow](https://ecocycle.com.au/large-companies-recycling-efforts-spur-small-businesses-follow/) - What do manufacturing and retailing giants Unilever, Renault, Nike and H&M have in common? They are all actively engaged in lifting the recycling rates of the products they sell, and the phrase ‘circular economy’ is on their corporate lips as they work to reduce their impacts on the environment. Unilever aims to shift to 100%
- [How Ecocycle is working closely with Indonesia to tackle mercury recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-working-closely-indonesia-tackle-mercury-recycling/) - With more than 260 million people, Indonesia is the world’s fourth largest by population. It’s also developing rapidly, and much of its economic activity is illuminated my mercury-containing fluorescent lighting. Indonesia is also home to significant oil and gas extraction industries that generate mercury-bearing waste, and artisanal gold mining remains a major cause of mercury
- [How your workplace can run its own e-waste recycling scheme](https://ecocycle.com.au/workplace-can-run-e-waste-recycling-scheme/) - These days you’d be hard pressed to find a business that doesn’t rely on computers, printers and mobile phones. And like any electronic items these either break down or become technologically obsolete, adding to Australia’s (and the world’s) growing mountain of electronic waste. E-waste contains toxic materials, such as lead and mercury, as well as
- [How Australian businesses can dispose of and recycle light bulbs](https://ecocycle.com.au/australian-businesses-can-dispose-recycle-light-bulbs/) - Around Australia the main method of dealing with lighting waste is to dump it in a hole in the ground, cover it over and forget about it. That’s despite the fact that the majority of lighting waste being dumped in landfills contains the toxic metal mercury. Over time, mercury can leach from landfill into waterways,
- [Should Australia have a mandatory e-waste recycling program?](https://ecocycle.com.au/mandatory-e-waste-recycling-program/) - E-waste can be defined as anything with a power cord or battery that has reached the end of its useful life. It may still be in working order, but rendered obsolete by new technology. Just take a look around your home, workplace and local shopping centre and you’ll see thousands of items that are all
- [E-waste in Australia: How businesses can recycle old computers](https://ecocycle.com.au/businesses-can-recycle-old-computers/) - With e-waste in Australia growing at a faster rate than other types of waste, it’s important that we all do our bit to recycle old computers. As big users of technology, businesses are major creators of e-waste, and there are both moral and economic reasons as to why organisations need to have clear and effective
- [What's a recycling certificate and what do I need it for?](https://ecocycle.com.au/whats-a-recycling-certificate/) - A recycling certificate documents the amount and type of waste that your organisation has recycled. The certificate can be used to show that your company is compliant with government standards and recycling policies, and shows your commitment to sustainable business standards. Here are three ways in which recycling certificates can benefit your business: 1. Provide
- [Should Queensland introduce a state-wide waste levy?](https://ecocycle.com.au/queensland-state-wide-waste-levy/) - Most states and territories in Australia charge a levy on the disposal of waste to landfill. The exceptions are Queensland and the Northern Territory. The purpose of the levies is to make it relatively more expensive to dump waste in landfill, and relatively cheaper to recycle. The levies also allow governments to provide grants to
- [How does Ecocycle collect, transport, store and recycle lighting?](https://ecocycle.com.au/collect-transport-store-recycle-lighting/) - Ecocycle provides complete lighting recycling solutions for organisations of all sizes. Because we control the entire process from start to finish, you can rest assured that your waste lighting will be recycled responsibly, safely and in compliance with all applicable regulations. Here’s how we collect, transport, store and recycle lighting: Collection Our involvement begins right
- [Does Tasmania have Australia's worst waste system?](https://ecocycle.com.au/tasmania-worst-waste-system/) - According to the Tasmanian Government’s submission to the Senate enquiry into the waste and recycling industry in Australia, the state generated over 636,000 tonnes of solid waste in the 2015-2016 year. Just 35% was recovered for recycling or composting, and Tasmania does not have a legislated waste levy. This has led to comparisons to the
- [What can you recycle on a building site?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-recycle-building-site/) - With much of the construction industry embracing the philosophy of ‘green building’ there’s growing pressure on building site managers to get serious about recycling. More than 90% of construction and demolition waste can be recycled – everything from concrete rubble and steel reinforcing to timber offcuts and bits of PVC pipe – but the diversity
- [How does Ecocycle collect, transport, store and recycle e-waste?](https://ecocycle.com.au/collect-transport-store-recycle-e-waste/) - Ecocycle started life as a specialist recycler of mercury-containing waste – mostly dental waste and fluorescent lighting waste. To ensure safe handling of these hazardous materials we created an Australia-wide logistics network for collecting waste by the cardboard box load up to truckloads. With trucks already on the road it was a simple step to
- [Ecocycle response to EPA Victoria’s public notice](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-response-epa-victorias-public-notice/) - The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria recently published a public notice in major newspapers announcing that the previous owner of Ecocycle, CMA Recycling Pty Ltd (In Liquidation), had been found guilty of storing prescribed industrial waste, including mercury, at a site in Reo Crescent in Campbellfield without a licence. CMA Recycling Pty Ltd (In Liquidation)
- [Why it's so important to recycle mercury thermostats](https://ecocycle.com.au/important-recycle-mercury-thermostats/) - US leads the way In 1998 several American thermostat manufacturers established a non-profit stewardship program called the Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC). In total, it has collected 2.1 million thermostats containing 10 tons (9.1 tonnes) of mercury. “Logistically, the TRC model works in a similar way to our lamp and battery recycling programs so it’s something
- [What can national and public parks recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-national-and-public-parks-recycle/) - Whether it’s a huge national park or a small local reserve, parks and gardens improve our wellbeing and play an important role in creating a healthy environment. While municipal parks may provide rubbish and recycling bins for use by the public, to stay neat and tidy more remote parks will often rely on visitors to
- [Certified destruction: How Ecocycle destroys personal information attached to items recycled](https://ecocycle.com.au/certified-destruction-cma-ecocycle-destroys-personal-information-attached-items-recycled/) - What happens to your data when you discard your old mobile phone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer or memory card? With identity theft a major and growing problem it’s a question we all need to answer before deciding on a disposal method for any item that holds data. And remember, it isn’t enough just to delete
- [Ecocycle provides recycling certificates to confirm safe destruction of e-waste, mercury-containing products](https://ecocycle.com.au/cma-ecocycle-provides-recycling-certificates-confirm-safe-destruction-e-waste-mercury-containing-products/) - When you recycle with Ecocycle you can be assured that your waste will be processed to the highest standards of environmental and human safety. For additional reassurance, we provide recycling certificates on request. But what is a recycling certificate and why might you want one? A recycling certificate clearly documents what you have done to
- [Mercury study finds safer way for small-scale miners to extract gold](https://ecocycle.com.au/mercury-study-finds-safer-way-small-scale-miners-extract-gold/) - Artisanal or small-scale gold miners frequently use mercury in their gold extraction process. The gold-mercury mix, or amalgam, is then heated, usually over an open flame, to vapourise the mercury and leave behind the purified gold. This a potentially deadly activity, with the miner breathing in mercury fumes and the rest settling on and contaminating
- [What can museums and galleries recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-museums-and-galleries-recycle/) - Museums and galleries play a vital role in preserving our greatest treasures. Entirely consistent with their commitment to protecting the natural and artistic riches of our past is the responsibility of minimising their own contribution to ongoing environmental harm. A key component in achieving that goal is the implementation of effective recycling programs. Museum and
- [Should Australia introduce a blanket national waste levy?](https://ecocycle.com.au/should-australia-introduce-a-blanket-national-waste-levy/) - In an attempt to boost recycling rates, many states across Australia have introduced waste levies. Collected on behalf of state governments by the operators of landfill sites, levies are an additional fee paid by dumpers on top of the usual disposal charges. Depending on the state, the origin of the waste (city or country) and
- [How does Ecocycle collect, transport, store and recycle medical waste?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-does-cma-ecocycle-collect-transport-store-and-recycle-medical-waste/) - Ecocycle’s original interest in medical waste was in the recovery of mercury from instruments such as thermometers and sphygmomanometers (blood pressure monitors). These items still make up a significant fraction of the medical waste we receive, but these days the biggest component of the medical waste stream that we recycle comprises old x-ray films. X-ray
- [What does China's ban on foreign garbage mean for local recycling in Australia?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-does-chinas-ban-on-foreign-garbage-mean-for-local-recycling-in-australia/) - China’s campaign against foreign garbage has hit the Australian recycling industry hard. As part of the campaign, China has blocked the import of recyclable materials in which contaminants constitute more the 0.5% of the waste. This is an extremely tough target to meet and places an effective ban on sending recyclables, mostly paper and plastics,
- [How does Ecocycle collect, transport, store and recycle dental amalgam?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-does-ecocycle-collect-transport-store-and-recycle-dental-amalgam/) - Dental amalgam does a great job in combating tooth decay, but they don’t last forever and often need replacing. If old amalgam fillings are discarded into the sewers, they end up in waterways and the ocean. There, bacteria convert metallic mercury into the highly dangerous methylmercury. That’s the form that contaminates fish, and can end
- [What's the cost of not recycling in Australia?](https://ecocycle.com.au/whats-the-cost-of-not-recycling-in-australia/) - China’s recent ban on importing many types of waste has highlighted major weaknesses in the way in which Australia and similar countries have approached recycling. Now it appears that the situation is twice as bad as originally thought. With China’s door closed and with other countries lacking sufficient recycling capacity, more than a million tonnes
- [How the money raised by waste levies should be spent](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-the-money-raised-by-waste-levies-should-be-spent/) - Most states and territories in Australia charge levies on waste that goes to landfill. The aim? Less waste to landfill and more to recycling. Naturally, one would expect the money raised by these levies to be used to support recycling, but that isn’t always (or even often) the case. Take Victoria as an example –
- [How do I recycle old TVs?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-old-tvs/) - Recent years have seen major advances in the technology behind television. Gone are the old, bulky TV sets with many models today being not much thicker than a sheet of glass. Advances in transmission technology have also matched the evolution of screen technology – it’s all digital these days. These twin drivers of technological obsolescence
- [Victorian Government announces date for ban on e-waste being sent to landfill](https://ecocycle.com.au/victorian-government-announces-date-for-ban-on-e-waste-being-sent-to-landfill/) - First announced in 2015, Victoria’s ban on disposal of e-waste to landfill recently moved a step closer. After extensive consultation with the community, councils and the recycling industry, the state government announced that the e-waste ban will commence on 1 July 2019. The ban involves both regulatory measures (e.g. rules that ban the disposal of
- [How to properly dispose of different light bulbs: incandescent, CFL/fluorescent, halogen, LED](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-properly-dispose-of-different-light-bulbs-incandescent-cfl-fluorescent-halogen-led/) - How you can best dispose of lighting waste depends on two things: a) the type of lighting and b) the amount of lighting waste you or your organisation needs to dispose of. Let’s start with what to do with smaller (household or small business) quantities of lighting waste. How to dispose of incandescent light bulbs
- [Ecocycle supports industry-led battery recycling program Exitcycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-supports-industry-led-battery-recycling-program-exitcycle/) - Australia’s commercial and public buildings are home to about 30 million emergency exit lights. Most of these rely on nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries, along with smaller numbers of nickel metal hydride and sealed lead acid batteries. An estimated five million Ni-Cd batteries, containing 90 tonnes of the toxic heavy metal cadmium, are dumped in landfill
- [How does Ecocycle collect, transport, store and recycle X-rays?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-does-ecocycle-collect-transport-store-and-recycle-x-rays/) - These days Ecocycle is best known as a specialist recycler of mercury, but when it began back in 1996 as Ecocycle Industries, the focus was all on recovery of silver from X-rays. As with other forms of imaging the X-ray world has now largely gone digital, but with vast numbers of old X-rays gathering dust
- [How Australian schools can dispose of and recycle e-waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-australian-schools-can-dispose-of-and-recycle-e-waste/) - The dark side of the glittering screens that school teachers and students rely on is that they eventually fail or become obsolete. They then add to the mountain of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste), much of which ends up being dumped into landfill. Aside from things with screens – computers, tablets, phones, calculators, TVs –
- [What is e-waste? A definitive guide to understanding electrical waste and how it is recycled](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-is-e-waste-a-definitive-guide-to-understanding-electrical-waste-and-how-it-is-recycled/) - E-waste: It stands for electrical and electronic waste, and it’s usually defined as anything that plugs into a power point or runs on batteries and that has reached the end of its useful life. That doesn’t mean something is broken; it may just be technologically obsolete. Some people expand the definition of e-waste to include
- [What types of lighting can schools recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-types-of-lighting-can-schools-recycle/) - Schools do a great job of encouraging and implementing recycling programs. But have you ever wanted to know what types of lighting schools can recycle? The short answer is: all types of lighting can be recycled by schools. Now let’s delve into the details. Fluorescent lighting Fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) make up
- [Can I recycle broken medical equipment?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-i-recycle-broken-medical-equipment/) - Keeping us healthy and treating us when we are sick requires a wide range of different types of medical equipment. So, is broken medical equipment recyclable? It all depends on the specifics – the nature of the equipment, how much of it there is, and whether it contains hazardous materials or components. Why recycle? There
- [Lighting recycling in Australia: A complete guide to recycling lighting waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/lighting-recycling-in-australia-a-complete-guide-to-recycling-lighting-waste/) - Read our guide to recycling lighting waste and discover the best way to tackle our growing lighting waste problem through recycling our old lights.
- [Where can I recycle lighting in Australia?](https://ecocycle.com.au/where-can-i-recycle-lighting-in-australia/) - Most people don’t know it, but it is both possible and desirable to recycle lighting waste in Australia. Much of our lighting – fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and some types of high intensity lamps – contains mercury. If these lights are not recycled, that mercury ends up polluting our environment. Aside from the
- [How do I recycle white goods?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-white-goods/) - White goods are large electrical items used in the home and yep, you guessed it, they are often white in colour. To be a bit more specific, white goods comprise refrigerators, washing machines, clothes dryers, ovens and stovetops, microwave ovens and air conditioners. On the one hand, they are attractive objects for recycling because they
- [How do I safely recycle old hard drives?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-safely-recycle-old-hard-drives/) - When talking about the safe recycling of old computer hard drives there are three main issues to consider. Fortunately, they all have the same simple solution. Cyber safety Your old hard drive may contain a lot of information about you or your business, and obviously you don’t want your financial, health, corporate and personal information
- [LED lighting market to grow rapidly by 2023](https://ecocycle.com.au/led-lighting-market-to-grow-rapidly-by-2023/) - The LED lighting market is set to rapidly expand, indicating a shift away from incandescent and fluorescent lighting. According to P&S Market Research, the global LED lighting market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12.6% between 2017 and 2023. That will see this sector of the lighting market valued at
- [GPS trackers reveal Australian e-waste is being sent to developing countries](https://ecocycle.com.au/gps-trackers-reveal-australian-e-waste-is-being-sent-to-developing-countries/) - When you drop off your old computer at a recycling centre, particularly one that is a member of a government-endorsed recycling program, you have every right to expect that your e-waste will be safely recycled. You should also be able to expect that most of the recycling will take place within Australia, in accord with
- [Ecocycle provides certificates for lighting recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/cma-ecocycle-provides-certificates-for-lighting-recycling/) - It’s reasonable to expect that materials sent for recycling will, in fact, be recycled. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case, with some waste types being illegally exported or ending up in landfill. To assure clients that their waste is recycled, Ecocycle provides recycling certificates on request. These certificates meet a number of needs: They provide
- [Are your Christmas lights broken? Here's how you can recycle them](https://ecocycle.com.au/are-your-christmas-lights-broken-heres-how-you-can-recycle-them/) - Australia may not be in the same league as America when it comes to Christmas light displays. However, as more people get into the festive lighting spirit one thing is certain – more Christmas lighting adds up to more electrical and electronic waste (e-waste). No one wants to be the Grinch so decorate away, but
- [How a workplace lighting recycling program can save your business money](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-a-workplace-lighting-recycling-program-can-save-your-business-money/) - A small fraction of Australia’s lighting waste gets recycled each year. Historically, the generators of lighting waste have simply dumped the problem into landfill, but when businesses opt for the dump, they could be missing out on an opportunity to reap some significant short and long-term savings. Here’s how a workplace lighting recycling program can
- [How a workplace e-waste recycling program can save your business money](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-a-workplace-e-waste-recycling-program-can-save-your-business-money/) - E-waste is the fastest growing category of waste, fuelled by our insatiable appetite for the latest gadget and the sheer ubiquity of electrical and electronic equipment. E-waste is something that every business needs to deal with but, in too many cases, the e-waste policy of the corporate sector is simply to dump it in a
- [5 benefits of recycling lighting](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-benefits-of-recycling-lighting/) - Every year many millions of incandescent light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and LED lamps get dumped into landfills around Australia. That contributes to a number of major problems, all of which can be avoided by recycling old lighting. Here are five main benefits of recycling: 1. Keep harmful materials out of the
- [How do I recycle old power tools?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-old-power-tools/) - Power tools make up a substantial portion of Australia’s electrical and electronic waste (e-waste). Traditionally they’ve ended up in landfill at the end of their working lives, but with states rolling out bans on the dumping of e-waste in landfill, power tool owners will need to find new ways to dispose of old tools. The
- [UN, global authorities come together to tackle e-waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/un-global-authorities-come-together-to-tackle-e-waste/) - Upgraded recycling programs, better designed devices and more buy-back schemes are needed to tackle the rising tide of e-waste globally, according to a new report. Several United Nations bodies, the World Economic Forum, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have come together to advocate for an overhaul of the current electronics landscape
- [5 benefits of recycling e-waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-benefits-of-recycling-e-waste/) - Vast quantities of phones, appliances and other electronic waste (e-waste) end up in landfill every day, even though most of it can be recycled. E-waste can be anything that is no longer needed and plugs into a power point or runs on batteries, including old televisions, refrigerators, lighting and even hearing aids. Australia is one
- [Why do we recycle e-waste?](https://ecocycle.com.au/why-do-we-recycle-e-waste/) - Have you ever wondered, why do we recycle e-waste? Recycling ewaste 'takes care of the environment', 'allows us to reuse valuable materials and prevents toxic hazards.
- [How to dispose of mercury-containing light bulbs](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-dispose-of-mercury-containing-light-bulbs/) - When fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing lights burn out, there are some simple steps to safely dispose of them. Fluoro tubes and compact fluorescent lamps (CPLs) contain small amounts of mercury and are commonly found in homes and workplaces. While there are only tiny quantities of mercury in each light, the millions of fluorescent tubes
- [Why is recycling important for the future?](https://ecocycle.com.au/why-is-recycling-important-for-the-future/) - Recycling is one of the most important ways to protect the environment, reducing waste bound for landfill and reusing non-renewable materials. As a society, we buy more food, clothes and other products than ever before, creating huge amounts of rubbish as a result. Australia faces a serious waste challenge, generating an estimated 67 million tonnes
- [How to dispose of and recycle amalgam waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-dispose-of-and-recycle-amalgam-waste/) - Dentists have long used dental amalgam to fill cavities in teeth, but practitioners are increasingly recycling old amalgam instead of discarding it. Dental amalgam needs to be disposed of responsibly otherwise dangerous materials like mercury can have a devastating impact on the environment. While the amount of mercury in dental amalgam is safe for most
- [Ecocycle acts to ensure integrity of Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-acts-to-ensure-integrity-of-victorian-energy-upgrades-veu-program/) - To retain integrity and help prevent fraudulent activity, Ecocycle will issue digital signatures for VEU and ESS recycling certificates. The Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program* (formerly called the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target, or VEET) is a scheme in which ‘accredited persons’ replace energy-inefficient products with more efficient ones in homes and non-residential premises. They are
- [How do I recycle old printers?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-old-printers/) - Printers are upgraded more often nowadays to keep up with new models, but what should you do with your old machine once you’re finished with it? Used printers, like most electronic and electrical devices, can be recycled today despite many old machines still ending up in land fill. With Victoria’s e-waste ban coming into effect
- [Can I recycle LED light bulbs?](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-i-recycle-led-light-bulbs/) - LED light bulbs can be recycled just like other lighting waste however, these energy-efficient bulbs have to be discarded correctly to reap the benefits. While LED, or light-emitting diode, bulbs are made of non-renewable materials like glass and aluminium, these resources can be recovered through recycling and then reused in new products. LED lighting can
- [Victorian state-wide ban on e-waste starts in July 2019](https://ecocycle.com.au/victorian-state-wide-ban-on-e-waste-starts-in-july-2019/) - As Victoria’s electronic waste ban takes effect next month, the State Government has committed $16.5 million to help local councils prepare for the move. A state-wide ban on discarding e-waste into landfill will take effect from July 1, requiring residents and businesses to discard old electronic devices at dedicated collection points. E-waste covers all electronic
- [How do I recycle smart lights?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-smart-lights/) - Homeowners and businesses are increasingly choosing energy-efficient smart LED lights over regular bulbs, but how do you discard them once they’re done? Smart lights are light emitting diode (LED) bulbs typically controlled by a smartphone app, which can remotely switch them on and off, adjust the brightness and other handy actions. These lights have become
- [How to recycle a fluorescent lamp](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-recycle-a-fluorescent-lamp/) - Fluorescent lamps are found in our homes, workplaces and public spaces, yet most of these lights end up in landfill even though they can be recycled. Authorities estimate 95 per cent of mercury-containing lamps are sent to landfill in Australia these days despite free recycling programs that run across the country. One of the big
- [How do I recycle a MacBook, notebook and laptop computers?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-a-macbook-notebook-and-laptop-computers/) - When it’s time to upgrade your MacBook, notebook or other laptops, you can do your part for the environment by recycling it in a few easy steps. Whether your old battery has finally died, or you just need an upgrade, there comes a time when we have to dispose of our ageing laptops. In the
- [Victorian electronic waste (e-waste) ban in full swing](https://ecocycle.com.au/victorian-electronic-waste-e-waste-ban-in-full-swing/) - Victoria’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is keeping a close watch as the state’s ban on dumping electronic waste into landfill recently came into effect. The e-waste ban means anything with a plug, battery or power cord that is no longer working or wanted must be taken to a council or business collection point rather than
- [What do smart lights mean for the future of lighting recycling?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-do-smart-lights-mean-for-the-future-of-lighting-recycling/) - Switching to smart lights is important for the future of recycling, slashing the amount of energy used on lighting while improving our environmental footprint. Smart lights use light emitting diodes (LEDs) and have been widely welcomed in homes and workplaces for their technological features like remotely turning on the lights on, via a mobile phone
- [Fun facts: Why is recycling important?](https://ecocycle.com.au/fun-facts-why-is-recycling-important/) - Did you know Australians produce 1 tonne of plastic waste every minute but only 11.8% gets recycled? All of that unrecycled plastic, plus all the other types of waste out there, eventually ends up polluting our beloved beaches, parks and the great outdoors — something we all want to avoid. Recycling is one of the
- [How can I recycle electronics?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-can-i-recycle-electronics/) - Televisions, computers and smartphones keep us entertained and connected, but our appetite for electronics is creating some serious waste and recycling challenges. Australians love their electronic devices, with almost nine in ten Australians owning a smartphone and 76 per cent of us owning a laptop, according to a 2018 Deloitte survey. But old and broken
- [Why are smart lights a better option for lighting?](https://ecocycle.com.au/why-are-smart-lights-a-better-option-for-lighting/) - Smart lights are changing our homes and workplaces for the better, using much less electricity and offering automation bonuses over traditional light bulbs. There has been a real buzz around smart lights, as one of the everyday items that most people can automate in their own home thanks to the rise of smart home technology.
- [How to dispose of and recycle mercury-containing waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-dispose-of-and-recycle-mercury-containing-waste/) - Mercury can have a catastrophic effect on human health and the environment when mercury-containing waste is dumped in landfill instead of being recycled. Mercury is found in plenty of everyday items from your ceiling lights to the batteries in household devices, and even in your dental fillings. But when things containing mercury reach the end
- [How do I dispose of mercury?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-dispose-of-mercury/) - Ordinary items like light bulbs, batteries and mobile phones contain toxic mercury, which can lead to serious health consequences unless it’s recycled. Fortunately, there are only small amounts of mercury in most everyday products, meaning they are safe to use at home and in the workplace. That said, mercury-containing waste like used batteries can produce
- [Emotional attachment, frugality hinders e-waste recycling in Australia](https://ecocycle.com.au/emotional-attachment-frugality-hinders-e-waste-recycling-in-australia/) - Australians are holding onto electronic waste rather than recycling it because they’re thrifty and have emotional attachments to old devices. Frugality and attachment were the main reasons people kept old electronics at home, according to new research conducted by Monash University. The research, which involved 650 people across three studies, showed at least half of
- [How to safely dispose of mercury-containing lamps](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-safely-dispose-of-mercury-containing-lamps/) - With millions of mercury-containing lamps and light bulbs dumped in landfill every year, recycling old lamps and lighting waste has never been more important. Mercury-containing lamps include small compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) fitted in homes, fluorescent tubes often found in offices and high intensity discharge (HID) lamps used for streetlights. Mercury-containing lamps are the single
- [Why schools play a vital role in teaching children about recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/why-schools-play-a-vital-role-in-teaching-children-about-recycling/) - Our kids learn a lot of what they know at school, so there’s no better place to teach the next generation about the importance of recycling. Young people discover how to read, write, count and more at school, but recycling is one of the best lessons we can teach them. Recycling and sustainability are ideas
- [Where can I recycle mercury?](https://ecocycle.com.au/where-can-i-recycle-mercury/) - Recycling mercury-containing items found around the home and workplace is good for the environment, so it’s vital to know where to recycle them in Australia. Mercury is used in many household items, including batteries, light bulbs, mobile phones, laptops and even dental fillings. Recycling mercury-containing products keeps items that have reached the end of their
- [Setting the facts straight about mercury recycling plants in Australia](https://ecocycle.com.au/setting-facts-straight-mercury-recycling-plants-australia/) - The fact is that Ecocycle has been recycling a wide range of mercury-containing waste in Australia for more than 20 years. Ecocycle is 100% Australian owned, and has invested heavily in state-of-the-art equipment and safety measures to protect the health of its workforce and the communities in which it operates. Ecocycle has processed hundreds of
- [Study monitors mercury in women of child-bearing age](https://ecocycle.com.au/study-monitors-mercury-women-child-bearing-age/) - When talking about global pollution problems it’s tempting to focus on big, impressive numbers but these tend to obscure the personal impacts that pollution can have. A new report, Mercury Monitoring in Women of Child-Bearing Age in the Asia and the Pacific Region, reveals the consequences of mercury pollution at a more personal scale. It
- [A win (and a loss) for local mercury recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/a-win-and-a-loss-for-local-mercury-recycling/) - Ecocycle recently achieved a small victory in helping to prevent the unnecessary shipment of mercury-containing waste overseas. A major natural gas producer voluntarily surrendered its hazardous waste export permit the evening before an Administrative Appeals Tribunal hearing was set to revoke the permit. The proceedings were instigated by Ecocycle, Australia’s only fully licensed mercury recycling
- [Ecocycle accepted as partners of UN Environment Programme (UNEP)](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-accepted-partners-un-environment-programme-unep/) - In further recognition of its commitment to preventing the many adverse consequences of mercury pollution, Ecocycle has been accepted as a partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership. To date, Ecocycle is the only Australian organisation to become a program partner. The Global Mercury Partnership is a sub-program of the UN
- [Ecocycle applauds UK's lead in banning microbeads](https://ecocycle.com.au/cma-ecocycle-applauds-uks-lead-banning-microbeads/) - The UK government has banned the manufacture of products containing microbeads – small particles of plastic that have been used in products such as facial scrubs, cosmetics and toothpaste. The problem is that these particles get flushed down the drain and end up in our oceans where fish and other animals eat them. The results
- [Ecocycle accredited across quality, safety and environmental management standards](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-accredited-across-quality-safety-and-environmental-management-standards/) - Ecocycle recently achieved accreditation under AS/NZS 5377, the Australian and New Zealand management system standard that applies to the collection, storage, transport and treatment of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste). Ecocycle is now accredited under all of the safety, quality and environmental management systems that are relevant to its activities. These are: AS/NZS 4801: Occupational
- [Ecocycle unveils new branding](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-unveils-new-branding/) - It’s a new day for Australasia’s leading mercury recycler, Ecocycle, after the company revamped its branding to strengthen its various recycling services. Ecocycle, formerly CMA Ecocycle, recently updated its branding to highlight its different business units, which will also include Ecobatt and Ecoe-waste. “There are so many different products that can be recycled in the
- [Ecocycle buys first AI-powered mercury-safe technology](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-buys-first-ai-powered-mercury-safe-technology/) - Ecocycle has acquired the first automated ‘mercury-safe’ flat screen recycling machine from Irish firm FPD Recycling, as Australia’s e-waste challenges mount. The FDP PRO is a fully automated recycling system that can safely and efficiently recycle flat panel displays, including televisions, monitors and laptops. It can depollute up to 60 displays in an hour and
- [E-Waste Recycling: Getting Treasure From Trash](https://ecocycle.com.au/e-waste-recycling-getting-treasure-from-trash/) - Once the bulky boring bits that make up most of the electronic waste stream have been removed, recyclers are left to deal with an incredibly complex mix of metals and other components. Some of that complexity is found in the lithium batteries that power most of our mobile devices. Battery recycling involves a mix of
- [5 things your local council should be recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-things-local-council-recycling/) - We are all familiar with the usual recyclables that most councils collect – paper and cardboard, steel and aluminium cans and plastic bottles – but the possibilities don’t end there. Here are five types of waste that councils can (and should) be adding to their recycling lists. 1. Lighting waste Here, the focus is on
- [How we can stop Australia's e-waste problem from getting worse](https://ecocycle.com.au/can-stop-australias-e-waste-problem-getting-worse/) - Australia has an e-waste problem. According to researchers at the University of New South Wales, we are generating e-waste three times faster than all other forms of waste. Electronic or electrical waste is any device that can connect to a power supply. In other words, if it has batteries or plugs into a power point,
- [Why Australian law needs to adapt to tackle e-waste issues](https://ecocycle.com.au/australian-law-needs-adapt-tackle-e-waste-issues/) - The amount of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) in Australia is growing out of control. While some efforts are being made to tackle the e-waste mountain, recycling targets are often modest and only apply to selected categories of e-waste. Take the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS) as an example. Its target is to
- [How do I recycle old computer monitors?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-do-i-recycle-old-computer-monitors/) - The most rapidly growing class of waste is electronic waste (e-waste), and old computer monitors (and TVs) make up a significant fraction of our tech trash. Traditionally, most of these old monitors ended up either being buried in landfill or exported to countries with poor health and environmental policies, either for rudimentary recycling or dumping.
- [What can retailers recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-retailers-recycle/) - It’s hard to imagine any kind of civilisation without retailing. It’s a foundation of our economy, employing well over a million Australians, and provides every one of us with the necessities and desires of life. One result of all this activity is the generation of large quantities of waste comprising everything from plastic wrap to
- [What can cinemas recycle?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-can-cinemas-recycle/) - Think of ‘cinemas’ and ‘recycling’ and the obvious things that come to mind are popcorn buckets and soft drink bottles. Coffee cups and choc-top wrappers also make up a large proportion of the waste generated by cinemas. But beyond these day-in-day-out waste streams there are other, more durable items that cinema managers should be recycling
- [Ecocycle joins Exitcycle and Lighting Council Australia in panel discussion](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-joins-exitcycle-and-lighting-council-australia-in-panel-discussion/) - Ecocycle Business Development Manager, Mr Daryl Moyle, recently presented to the battery recycling industry at a Lighting Council of Australia (LCA) hosted panel discussion. The focus of the discussion was on how to lift the rate of battery recycling under the LCA’s industry-led battery recycling program Exitcycle. The initiative aims to increase the recycling rate
- [How to promote recycling in the workplace](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-promote-recycling-in-the-workplace/) - Workplaces are taking recycling more seriously these days, but successful recycling programs hinge on staff engagement and making it as simple as possible. Companies and organisations, big and small, are implementing their own recycling activities to recover reusable materials and reduce what ends up in landfill. These efforts are not only good for the environment,
- [5 benefits of recycling mercury-containing waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/5-benefits-of-recycling-mercury-containing-waste/) - Recycling mercury-containing waste goes a long way in protecting the environment, but did you know that there are additional benefits? Mercury is found in some surprising places around the home and workplace, including batteries, lighting, computers, televisions and even teeth fillings. While the mercury in these products are safely contained for everyday use, even a
- [3 things that dental and medical clinics may not know they can recycle](https://ecocycle.com.au/3-things-that-dental-and-medical-clinics-may-not-know-they-can-recycle/) - Dental and medical professionals provide healthcare every day with the help of various tools, many of which can be recycled when disposed of properly. While some medical and dental products can be discarded in the normal recycling bin, others contain hazardous materials such as mercury and need to be handled through specialist services. Recycling mercury-containing
- [3 reasons why dentists should recycle dental amalgam fillings](https://ecocycle.com.au/3-reasons-why-dentists-should-recycle-dental-amalgam-fillings/) - Dental fillings are an important part of oral healthcare, but the dental amalgam used to fill our cavities should be recycled to protect the environment. The small amount of mercury found within dental amalgam is safe for humans, but old dental fillings typically end up going down the drain when your dentist replaces them. So
- [3 reasons why your business should recycle X-rays and film](https://ecocycle.com.au/3-reasons-why-your-business-should-recycle-x-rays-and-film/) - If your workplace has old X-rays and silver-based films gathering dust, why not recycle them and get back that space while doing the right thing for the environment. Digital radiography has largely replaced the need for traditional X-rays, however there is still a lot of old X-rays and films hidden away in hospitals, medical clinics
- [Mercury Kills Thousands Every Year. The Minamata Convention Is Here To Change That.](https://ecocycle.com.au/mercury-kills-thousands-every-year-the-minamata-convention-is-here-to-change-that/) - In the mid-1950s doctors in the Japanese city of Minamata began to see patients with severe neurological symptoms. Many died a horrible death. Eventually, Minamata disease was found to be the result of mercury poisoning. A nearby chemical plant was pouring a highly toxic form of mercury, methylmercury, into the sea. Methylmercury is bio-magnified –
- [Do You Work With Mercury? The Four Things You Must Know About The Minamata Convention](https://ecocycle.com.au/do-you-work-with-mercury-the-four-things-you-must-know-about-the-minamata-convention/) - Many people who work with mercury don’t even know it. It is present in fluorescent lighting, some types of dental, medical and mining waste, and in a wide range of industrial equipment. If you have anything to do with these industries, your obligation for their safe disposal is about to increase. We've put together four key
- [How Is Mining Waste Recycled?](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-is-mining-waste-recycled/) - Mining waste comes in many forms and varies from harmless to highly hazardous. Much of it has little or no economic value but the mining industry is making an effort to find new uses for waste to reduce environmental impacts. And with the prices of commodities moving up and down by large amounts, what may
- [Ecocycle featured in the Australian mining review](https://ecocycle.com.au/ecocycle-featured-australian-mining-review/) - Ecocycle was recently featured in the June issue of The Australian Mining Review. Mining waste comes in many different forms, and unfortunately, a large number of its compounds that are extracted are mixed with poisonous materials such as cadmium, arsenic and mercury. Ecocycle works with many of the larger mining waste companies, we also work
- [Illegal gold mining in Peru results in devastating environmental impacts](https://ecocycle.com.au/illegal-gold-mining-in-peru-results-in-devastating-environmental-impacts/) - The Peruvian government is tackling illegal gold mining deep in the Amazon, where deforestation, mercury contamination and human trafficking have proliferated. For years, miners have defied authorities and unlawfully extracted gold from alluvial deposits in riverbeds, driven by high prices paid for the precious metal. In February, government authorities deployed hundreds of police officers and
- [What is the future of lighting waste?](https://ecocycle.com.au/what-is-the-future-of-lighting-waste/) - The future of lighting waste is looking brighter as light bulbs become greener and smarter, however we still have a long way to go. In Australia, millions of light bulbs are discarded into the rubbish bin and eventually end up in landfill every year. In fact, authorities estimate 95 per cent of mercury-containing lamps are
- [Sydney Opera House Recycles Its Lamps, Old Mines Leak Mercury And Other Mercury News](https://ecocycle.com.au/sydney-opera-house-recycles-lamps-old-mines-leak-mercury-mercury-news/) - It’s great to see that the Sydney Opera House has joined the FluoroCycle program and will recycle its fluorescent lights. The Opera House is just one of several organisations to sign up for the program, and their actions will help to keep substantial amounts of mercury out of the environment. A recent article on Sustainable
- [Mercury Recycling Reduces Mine Risks](https://ecocycle.com.au/mercury-recycling-reduces-mine-risks/) - We talk a lot about how mercury recycling leads to a cleaner environment by reducing the amount of mercury containing waste that gets thrown away, but recycling also reduces the environmental contamination associated with mining mercury-containing ore (see image) in the first place. Writing in Waste Management World, Christer Sundberg of Swedish company MRT System
- [One Thing Most Pregnant Women Don't Realise About Eating Fish](https://ecocycle.com.au/one-thing-pregnant-women-dont-realise-eating-fish/) - Most people are aware that fish can be a significant source of mercury in our diets. What may be less well known is that children, and women of child-bearing age are most at risk from the effects of mercury. That being said, fish provide nutrients that are important during growth and development before birth, during
- [How To Clean Up Broken Compact Fluorescent Lamps Or Tubes](https://ecocycle.com.au/clean-broken-compact-fluorescent-lamps-tubes/) - The Federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency recommends the following procedure for dealing with broken compact fluorescent lamps, tubes and other mercury-containing lamps. Whilst the Department states that short term nature of the potential exposure (particularly after effective clean-up of broken CFL material) does not constitute a significant health risk to exposed adults
- [How Many Ways Can You Spell "Fluorescent"?](https://ecocycle.com.au/many-ways-can-spell-fluorescent/) - We admit it. Fluorescent is a horrible word to spell. No wonder people shorten it to fluoro or, quite sensibly in our opinion, fluro. Not surprisingly, flourescent and flouro turn up quite a bit, but the easy way to remember that this is wrong is that flour is the white stuff we make cakes and
- [Why recycling lighting waste in Australia is so important](https://ecocycle.com.au/why-recycling-lighting-waste-in-australia-is-so-important/) - Did you know that the mercury contained in one fluorescent tube can pollute 30,000 litres of water beyond a safe level of drinking? This statistic alone should encourage everyone to recycle their lighting waste, and yet 95 per cent of mercury-containing lamps are still sent to landfills in Australia. The millions of used light bulbs
- [Six months on, how is Victoria’s e-waste ban faring?](https://ecocycle.com.au/six-months-on-how-is-victorias-e-waste-ban-faring/) - More than 75 waste transfer and recycling sites across Victoria have been upgraded for e-waste collection and storage since the state’s e-waste ban started last year. The Victorian government has already committed $10.6 million to helping local governments upgrade e-waste collection services through the first round of the e-waste infrastructure support program, according to the
- [International E-waste Day aims to boost awareness of recycling electronics](https://ecocycle.com.au/international-e-waste-day-aims-to-boost-awareness-of-recycling-electronics/) - With about 50 million tonnes of e-waste generated globally, International E-waste Day is an important day to spread the word about recycling old electronics. More than 110 organisations from 48 countries took part in the latest International E-waste Day to shine a light on e-waste and encourage the public to recycle more. E-waste is made
- [How to recycle lighting: LED bulbs, smart lights, mercury-containing lamps](https://ecocycle.com.au/how-to-recycle-lighting-led-bulbs-smart-lights-mercury-containing-lamps/) - People are switching on to the benefits of lighting recycling to protect the environment and combat our growing waste challenges. Millions of old light bulbs and lamps still end up in landfill every year, even though most lighting waste should be recycled. There are a variety of benefits to recycling lighting waste, such as preventing
- [This is how recycling can save your business money](https://ecocycle.com.au/this-is-how-recycling-can-save-your-business-money/) - If your team cares about protecting the environment and lowering business costs, then an active recycling program for your workplace may be the answer. Recycling has become a serious agenda item for Australia’s business community, as regulations and public pressure mount on organisations to improve their environmental footprint. According to the HP Australia Environmental Sustainability

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- [Mercury Recovery and Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/) - EcoCycle is Australia’s most experienced mercury recovery and recycling company, with allied operations in battery, e-waste and metal recycling.
- [Recovering Mercury and Recycling Button Cell Batteries](https://ecocycle.com.au/recovering-mercury-from-batteries/) - Mercury Recovery & Recycling Button Cell Batteries Button cell batteries are used in a wide variety of everyday items like hearing aids, watches and calculators. Many children’s toys are powered by, or use, button batteries to produce light or sound effects. In Australia, one child a month is seriously injured after swallowing, or inserting a
- [Dental and Medical Mercury Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/dental-and-medical-mercury-recycling/) - We manage dental and medical mercury recycling of amalgam and x-rays and service all brands of amalgam separators & supply a separator to collect amalgam waste.
- [Fluorescent Lamp & Mercury Lighting Waste Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/fluorescent-lamp-mercury-lighting-waste-recycling/) - Mercury Recovery & Recycling If you’ve got lighting waste, let Australia’s largest lighting and mercury recycler tailor the perfect solution for you. While fluorescent (fluoro) tubes and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) were an energy-efficient way of lighting our world, they contain mercury which is a toxic metal that needs to be properly recycled and kept
- [Mining, Gas & Petro-Chemical Waste](https://ecocycle.com.au/mining-gas-petro-chemical-waste/) - Mercury Recovery & Recycling Australia’s most knowledgeable and qualified processors of the mercury contained in the by-products from mining companies, extracting and refining their ores, and the waste streams resulting from the various recovery procedures in the gas and petro-chemical industries. Ecocycle is the prominent company in Australia with the unrivalled experience to handle, process, and
- [E-Waste Recycling & Mercury Recovery](https://ecocycle.com.au/e-waste-recycling-mercury-recovery/) - Mercury Recovery & Recycling If you’ve got e-waste, let one of Australia’s most experienced e-waste recyclers tailor the perfect solution for you. E-waste disposal solutions tailored to your needs We have collection solutions for all sizes, from boxes to stillages and crane trucks, ensuring there’s no waste we can’t collect. We accept and recycle all
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- [Resources](https://ecocycle.com.au/resources/) - Profiting from the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) The Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) makes it cheaper for both businesses and householders to improve their energy efficiency. Since launching in January 2009, VEET provides a rebate for replacing old, inefficient appliances or sealing windows. A major area is getting rid of halogen lights and fluorescent
- [Terms and Conditions](https://ecocycle.com.au/terms/) - Ecocycle Pty Ltd (Ecocycle) Terms and Conditions 1. Access & Equipment 1.1 The customer will provide Ecocycle with full access to the site to enable the services to be provided. In the event that Ecocycle attends the site and is unable to provide any part of the services because access is not available; the customer is to pay
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- [FAQs Recycling Lights & Fluorescent Tubes](https://ecocycle.com.au/frequently-asked-questions/) - What types of fluorescent lamps can you recycle? Fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), mercury vapour and metal halide lamps, sodium lamps, neon lights, halogen (dichroic) downlights, incandescent globes, projector lamps and more. In fact all types of lighting waste. How much does it cost to recycling lights? The cost depends on the type of
- [FAQs Dental Amalgam Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/faqs-dental-amalgam-recycling/) - What brands of amalgam separator do you supply does Ecocyclerecycle? Ecocycle can supply all types of amalgam canister/device including our own ECOAS04. How much does it cost to replace and recycle an Amalgam separator? The cost depends on the type of separator. There are more than a dozen different separators available from six different suppliers and
- [FAQs eWaste Mercury Recycling](https://ecocycle.com.au/faqs-ewaste-mercury-recycling/) - What is e-waste? E-waste can be described as any discarded electronic or electrical devices or their parts, including used computers, entertainment devices, mobile phones and TVs. In fact any item which uses electricity. What types of e-waste can you recycle? Almost all types of e-waste including TVs, phones, printers, computers, screens. How much does it
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