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Free Battery Recycling Comes to Waipā
May 6th 2024
Free recycling for household batteries is now available to the Waipā community in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge thanks to support from the Te Awamutu and Cambridge Community Boards. In Te Awamutu,
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Urban Miners Reach Out To Local Business Community for E-Waste
February 3rd 2024
Urban Miners collaborated this week with the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce to host a ‘Mine and Dine’ for local businesses. Visitors from more than 25 businesses attended the event which was held
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Urban Miners Hit 60 Tonnes of E-Waste Diverted From Landfill
January 24th 2024
At the close of 2023, Urban Miners successfully diverted 59,935 kg of e-waste from landfill since operations began in December 2020. This is similar to the weight of an Airbus A321. This does not
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Urban Miners Saves 49 Tonnes of E-waste from Landfill
October 6th 2023
As of September 2023, Waipā e‑waste recyclers Urban Miners have successfully diverted over 48,800 kg of e-waste from landfill since operations began in December 2020. This is similar to the
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Are You Stockpiling E-waste?
August 23rd 2023
In 2022, a massive 5.3 billion mobile phones around the world became e-waste. Only a small fraction of them were disposed of properly. Despite containing valuable gold, copper, silver, palladium and
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World Environment Day – How to Minimise Your E-Waste
June 3rd 2023
Our love of technology and insatiable appetite for new devices has created one of the biggest environmental issues of our time – e-waste. E-waste is New Zealand’s fastest growing waste stream. Ev
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Urban Miners Saves 38 Tonnes of E-waste From Landfill
March 16th 2023
After only 2 years of operating, volunteer-run Urban Miners has successfully diverted over 37,800 kg of Waipā’s e‑waste from landfill, roughly equivalent to the weight of a Boeing 737. One of
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Successful Move for Urban Miners Stall
February 13th 2023
Urban Miners have changed the location of their monthly stall selling refurbished electronic devices from Tamahere Country Market to the Lions Market in Cambridge for 2023. Early signs are that the m
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