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\"ewaste-computer-recycling-image\"<\/a>Australians are hoarding their old gadgets either because they\u2019ll be needed on day or because they simply have no idea how to dispose of them.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>New research from Tech Collect<\/a> has revealed that 46.1 percent of us simply don\u2019t know where to start when it comes to recycling electronic waste, while 80.7 percent place more importance on recycling cardboard or glass…the easy stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the almost 25 percent of people who are convinced there\u2019s a use for their pile of old gadgets….so the pile simply grows (possibly until it’s then just dumped somewhere it shouldn’t be)<\/span><\/p>\n

Well you CAN recycle your old computer gear and other electronics…even old power leads and it\u2019s not actually that hard. \u00a0Find out how\u00a0at TechCollect.com.au.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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  Australians are hoarding their old gadgets either because they\u2019ll be needed on day or because they simply have no idea how to dispose of them. New research from Tech Collect has revealed that 46.1 percent of us simply don\u2019t know where to start when it comes to recycling electronic waste, while 80.7 percent place more importance on recycling cardboard[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[173,1261,929,1286],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-computer-recycling","tag-e-waste","tag-recycling","tag-tech-collect"],"yoast_head":"\nAussies are e-waste hoarders - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/aussies-are-e-waste-hoarders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aussies are e-waste hoarders - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  Australians are hoarding their old gadgets either because they\u2019ll be needed on day or because they simply have no idea how to dispose of them. 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