Computers
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition have some good guides.
buying
the greenest energy is the energy you don't use
Buying and using energy-efficient appliances can lead to cost savings; with up to $180 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy, cutting up to 80% off your electricity bill. It can also cut 20-30% off your air-conditioning bill because you are reducing the amount of heat that your equipment generates and that needs to be cooled (DEH 2006).
- Green office guide to help you buy and use environmentally friendly office equipment
- Green Power is a significant step in reducing climate change and other environmental issues
- GreenerComputing - News and Resources on IT and the Environment
- BuyGreen: Desktop Computers
- Buy an EPEAT-Registered PC
reuse
When your computer can no longer keep up with you, it will be awesome to someone who needs a computer. Donate your computer to a charity or organaisation and help them set it up.
- Green PC VIC, QLD, WA, ACT
- Computer Technologies for Schools AUS
- Computerbank: NSW | VIC
- Wesley E-Recycling NSW
- The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre Co-operative. NSW
- Computer Information Agency. NSW
- Charity Computers. ACT
- Business to Community Recyclers Thomastown VIC
- Rural and Peninsula Disability Support VIC
- ERNi - Recycle equipment for people with disabilities VIC
- Equipment Recycling Network VIC
- Australian Computer Recyclers VIC
- Outlook Environmental VIC
- EnhanceIT VIC
- Australian Computer Society SA
- E-Cycle Recovery SA
- COMPUTER RecycleIT WA
- Technology Assisting Disability WA
recycle
National Recycling Coalition - Electronics Recycling Initative
Contact your local or state government recyling service for details of your local E-recycle centre
- 1800 EWASTE
- MRI Australia
- Dell Computer Recycling
- PC Graveyard - Geelong
Vic
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