E-Waste Ban. WA Government has introduced new E-Waste Regulations

✔️  Are You a Significant Business?

✔️  Employs 200+ staff at the start of the financial year

✔️  Generated 5+ tonnes of regulated e-Waste in the previous year

Total eWaste ban in WA is currently in effect since July 1st, 2024

Are you prepared for the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (e-Waste) Regulations? Stay ahead of the curve and ensure your business is ready by partnering with us at Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal, DWER & Department of Finance license-approved and proudly WA-owned and operated.

What We Offer

Identification of Compliance:

We’ll help you identify if your business falls under the significant categories ensuring you meet all necessary requirements.

Storage and Transfer Solutions:

Avoid penalties by adhering to storage and transfer regulations. We provide guidance on proper storage techniques and facilitate seamless logistics solutions.

Annual Collection Assurance:

Lock in your annual collection with us during your current collection, ensuring compliance and hassle-free management.

Record-Keeping:

Stay organised with our assistance in recording and reporting e-Waste data, keeping you on track with regulator requirements.

Certification:

Receive customised certificates covering various e-Waste categories, demonstrating your commitment to environmental responsibility.

Environmental Impact Reports:

Gain insight into the environmental benefits of your e-Waste management efforts, including landfill, carbon savings, and reuse statistics.

Avoid Penalties

It’s crucial for a significant business to transfer regulated e-Waste resulting from its activities to an authorised e-waste service provider such as SCRD within 12 months. Failure to comply with each occurrence may result in fines of up to $10,000.

Who Are We?

At Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal, we specialise in helping businesses like yours navigate the complexities of e-Waste regulations and implement effective waste management strategies.

With our expertise and commitment to environmental standards, including ISO14001 compliance, you can rest assured that your e-waste is handled responsibly and in compliance with the law.

WARR Compliancy, Penalties and the SCRD Solution

Prohibited Disposal of e-Waste to Landfill

Regulation

A significant entity must not send regulated e-waste to, or leave regulated e-waste at, a landfill site.

Solution

Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal is a Western Australia-owned and operated E-waste service provider, in operation for over 12 years. Our ISO 14001 accredited facility recycles your E-Waste across 10 waste streams ensuring your disposal is compliant and maximises recovery rates diverting all waste from landfill.

Storage & Transfer Requirements

Regulation

A significant entity must transfer regulated e-waste resulting from its activities to an E-Waste service provider.

Solution

SCRD’s fleet of vehicles and fully equipped ISO 14001 facility can handle all your E-Waste requirements for WARR compliancy

Regulation

A significant entity must keep regulated E-Waste resulting from its activities separate from other waste.

Solution

SCRD will perform an on-site inspection of your storage area and can provide additional equipment to aid requirements you may have

Regulation

A significant entity must not store regulated E-Waste resulting from its activities for more than 12 months after the month in which the waste results from the entity’s activities.

Solution

SCRD can schedule periodical E-Waste collection to ensure your equipment is compliant and disposed of within regulation timeframes

Regulation

Significant entities must not, during the storage or transportation of regulated E-Waste resulting from its activities, do anything that would reduce the ability of the regulated e-waste to be treated, processed or recycled.

Solution

SCRDs fleet of vehicles and staff are equipped with the tools and training to perform collections, maintaining the ability to recycle and maximise recovery rates.

Records

Regulation

A significant entity must, not later than 31 July each year, record the following information for the immediate preceding financial year:

Description of e-waste as per Schedule 1, Column 1.
Total weight of regulated e-waste.
Name and address of the e-waste service provider.

Solution

SCRD’s customised reporting captures all the necessary information for WARR compliancy and will provide these reports annually in line with WARR regulations

Penalties

Each sub-regulation violation carries a fine of $10,000.

Simplifying Asset Management and Sustainability

Re-use? Recycle? Resource Recovery? Circular Economy? Asset buyback? Regulatory Reporting? Confused? Not to worry. Enjoy our hassle-free services that cover it all. Including Asset Reporting, Data Sanitisation, E-Waste Bin Program and Workstation Decommissioning

Collection & Reporting

• Full detailed asset reporting ensuring you’re up to date with current regulatory requirements
• End to End logistics, local, remote, interstate and international
• Tamper Proof Certificates
• Annualised Recycling Reports
• Sustainability Reports
• ISO 14001 accredited
• CUA, DWER & Department of Finance approved

Data Sanitisation & Data Destruction

• Utilising world-renowned sanitisation software Blancco, enabling fully certified sanitisation
• In-house mechanical shredder capable of shredding both SATA/SAS and SSDs
• Video recorded serialised HDD/SSD shredding
• NIST standard as default
• On-Site sanitisation

Asset Buy Back

For eligible clients, we offer an asset buyback service. Offset your costs against our services and potentially receive cash back or credit for your next collection. The buy-back scheme applies to Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Smart Phones and Server & Networking.

E-Waste Bin Program

• Need a dedicated e-waste bin on site? Bins ranging from 240L all the way to 1100L. Suitable for all sites
• Consolidate your e-waste to one area, saving precious storage space!
• Hassle-free reporting
• Ad-hoc or scheduled collections

E-Waste Solutions

We offer tailored solutions for all your E-Waste requirements. Approximately 94% of IT equipment we collect is diverted from landfills. GPS-tracked vehicles, base-to-base secure logistics, vetted staff and much more. Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal, an ISO 14001 accredited company has it covered.

Our secure gated facility in Cockburn Central, Western Australia will give you the peace of mind that your data is safe and you’re contributing to helping the environment.

Get Started Today

Don’t wait until it’s too late – partner with Secure Computer Recycling & Disposal for comprehensive e-waste management solutions that ensure compliance and environmental responsibility.

Contact us now to learn more!

Call us at 1300 368 533 or email info@computer-recycling.com.au