LEGISLATION
A large proportion of our e-recycling is actually recycled within Australia.
Where e-waste is sent overseas, Techno Destructo EC3 complies with the BASEL Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts exporting requirements.
THE BASEL CONVENTION
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. The Convention has 170 Parties and aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. The Basel Convention came into force in 1992.Click here to learn more about The Basel Convention
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Criteria for the export and import of used electronic equipmentFor more information on the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, click here