Recycle computers and accessories with Byteback™
PC recycling- Make smarter computer recycling decisions for a healthier world
Making smarter choices about computer recycling is simple, yet contributes significantly to a cleaner world. You'll find that it takes no more time or effort to develop and implement pc recycling in your household or workplace- however, the small changes you do make to your pc recycling habits will have a lasting and ongoing benefit on the environment.
Byteback™ is a free computer recycling service that lets Victorian residents and small businesses dispose of old, unwanted and non-functioning computers safely.
If the equipment you want to get rid of is still in good working order, you might want to consider donating it to a charity, organisation or person who is able to reuse it.
After collection, equipment is transported to a specialised electronic recycling and recovery centre. Equipment is disassembled into its parts (plastic, precious metals, batteries, cathode ray tubes, printed circuit boards, insulated wiring) and sent off to various parts of Australia and the world for recovery and recycling, keeping valuable materials and toxic chemicals out of landfill.
Items accepted at Byteback™
Personal computer systems including:
- desktops
- laptops
- computer mice
- monitors
- printers
- scanners
- keyboards
- computer power supplies
- printed circuit boards
- motherboards
- network and memory cards
- disk and CD drives
A limit of 10 items per visit applies.
Items not accepted at Byteback™
- joysticks
- play stations
- electronic games
- software
- digital cameras
- electronic equipment
- TVs
- videos
- hi-fi equipment
- mobile phones
- printer cartridges and copiers
- broken glass or sharp objects
| Byteback locations |
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City of Boroondara Waste Transfer Station |
| Geelong Resource Recovery Centre 100 Douro Street, North Geelong (Melway Ref: 225 K6) PH: 5227 0270 |
| Drysdale Resource Recovery Centre Becks Road, Drysdale (Melways Ref: 458 B12) PH: 5251 2935 |
| City of Moonee Valley Waste Transfer Station 188 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds (Melway Ref: 28 D6) PH: 9243 8888 |
| Darebin Resource Recovery Centre Kurnai Avenue, Reservoir, off Henty Street (Melway Ref: 18 C6) PH: 8470 8888 |
| Anglesea Transfer Station Coalmine Road, Anglesea (Melway Ref: 296 B2) PH: 5263 2978 |
| Officeworks Dandenong 26-36 Princess Hwy, Dandenong (Melway Ref: 255 L5) PH: 9793 5888 |
| Officeworks Ballarat 116 Creswick Road, Ballarat (Melways Ref: 90 D6) PH: 5331 8666 |
Byteback™, is an initiative of Sustainability Victoria and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) in association with founding partners Hewlett Packard (HP), Apple, Canon, Dell, Epson, Fujitsu, Fuji-Xerox, IBM, Lenovo, and Lexmark. Other partners in the program include Brother and retail store Officeworks.
