Urban Miners E-Waste Clock is Ticking
June 17, 2024
Urban Miners have been busy innovating again – this time they have created a clock to count all the e-waste that has passed through their hands.The clock hand – which currently sits just past the 60-tonne mark – shows that more than 60 tonnes of e-waste has been ...
Free Battery Recycling Comes to Waipā
May 6, 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, there is a permanent household battery collection stand in Pak N’ Save that ...
Waipā e-waste recyclers Rotary Urban Miners can now collect and transport e-waste in a purpose-built truck thanks to local family-owned business C&R Developments.The truck was gifted to Urban Miners from the Waipā District Council last year in recognition of their e-wa...
Urban Miners Reach Out To Local Business Community for E-Waste
February 3, 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 in conjunction with an e-waste processing session at the Urban Miners’ base...
Urban Miners Hit 60 Tonnes of E-Waste Diverted From Landfill
January 24, 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 include the weight of refurbished and repurposed goods and devices sold at the C...
Urban Miners Saves 49 Tonnes of E-waste from Landfill
October 6, 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 weight of an Airbus A321.These latest numbers reveal the considerable impact ...
Urban Miners Saves 38 Tonnes of E-waste From Landfill
March 16, 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 the main goals of Urban Miners is to divert meaningful quantities of e-waste fr...
