You can drop off your e-waste to our premises where they are then whipped off to Abilities to be sustainably dealt with. All items are broken down into their base components and either recycled locally or sent to an ISO accredited recycling plant overseas.
This is great – where and when can I drop it off?
EcoMatters Depot: Unit E / 489 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland. Open Mondays – Tuesdays, 10am-2pm.
EcoMatters Store: 1 Olympic Pl, New Lynn, Auckland. Open Wednesdays – Sundays, 10am-2pm.
We’re closed on public holidays.
Unfortunately we can’t accept large items such as refrigerators, washing machines and extra large TV’s.
For items such as batteries, toothbrushes & toothpastes, and lightbulbs go to Recycling Weird Stuff page
E-waste Service Costs:
| Rate Guide effective 30 January 2020, subject to change | |
|---|---|
| TVs | Inclusive of GST |
| CRT TVs 20" - 30" (51cm - 76cm) | $30 |
| CRT TVs 20" (51cm) or smaller | $20 |
| All Flat Screen TVs | $15 |
| Computer Items | |
| Desktops | $5 |
| All Flat Screen Computer Monitors | $10 |
| All CRT Computer Monitors | $15 |
| Hard Drive (no certificate of destruction) | $3 |
| Hard Drive (with certificate of destruction) | $5 |
| Laptops | $5 |
| Laptop batteries | $2.50 |
| Misc. computer items (mice, keyboards, speakers, headphones) | $2 each |
| Tablets/ ipads | $5 |
| Printers | |
| Small Printers, Scanners, Fax Machines | $10 |
| Medium Printers, Scanners (photocopiers) | $25 |
| Consumer Electronics | |
| Telephones, mobile phones | $2 |
| DVD/VCR players | $5 |
| Stereos and Speakers | $5 |
| Household Appliances | |
| Small (Kettle, toaster, hair dryers, irons, food processors, fan heaters etc) | $5 each |
| Medium (Microwaves, vacuum cleaners, oil heaters etc) | $10 each |
| Fridges (drop off at The Depot, Rosebank Rd only) | $20 each |
| Misc items incl. wires, cords, anything that needs to be sorted into a box | $3 per kg |
| Videos/ CDs/CD Roms | $3 per kg |
| Batteries | |
| Alkaline | $3 per kg |
| Non-alkaline (rechargeable, Lithium, Ni-Mh, phone) | $6.50 per kg |
