Wednesday, October 6, 2010

New Zealand Government announced a number of important issues of electronic waste

Environment Minister Nick Smith announced today that it will use $ 1,150,000 in grants from the fund to finance waste reduction eDay 2010 and a new national network of electronic waste.

"New requirements on more than 80,000 tons of electronic waste, the landfill every year to recover and recycle resources, reduce pollution Zealand," said Dr. Smith.

"Our strategy is to support eDay 2010 to coordinate the collection and raise the profile of e-waste, but also to finance new initiatives to ensure better recycling and waste management."
First today announced the award of $ 750,000 to the year 2020 is running the trust Communications eDay more than 40 locations throughout New Zealand, the event on November 6, 2010.

The second bounty of $ 400,000 is a joint venture between RCN and the community recycling network, a national network of 20 permanent deposit of electronic waste and develop recycling facilities in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

"We have to take over eDay lasting solutions for e-waste New Zealand, where we met and the ability to recycle all year," said Dr. Smith.

eDay popular event got in trouble last year when authorities discovered that permit export minister to hundreds of tons of garbage collected is not checked.

Dr Smith said that this year's eDay e-waste professionals to ensure best practice in waste management and recycling. "

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