Electronic waste
Electronic waste, or eWaste, is any item with a plug, battery or power cord that is no longer working or wanted. It covers a whole range of items from phones and refrigerators to fluorescent light tubes.
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Where can I take my eWaste?
All types of eWaste can be taken to the Ballarat Transfer Station.
Small items and residential quantities of eWaste are accepted free of charge. A small cost applies to larger items and commercial loads of televisions and small items. See our transfer station waste prices for details.
Small batteries, mobile phones and light bulbs may be taken to the Phoenix Building, 25 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat Central, free of charge.
Small batteries, mobile phones and other small electronics items such as keyboards, computer mice and radios are accepted free of charge at the Ballarat Central Library, 178 Doveton Street North, and Wendouree Library, Stockland Shopping Centre, Gillies Street North.
What is eWaste?
eWaste includes the following:
Large appliances
- Refrigerators
- Washing Machines
- Cookers
- Microwaves
- Electric fans
- Air conditioners
Small appliances
- Irons
- Toasters
- Coffee machines
- Hair dryers
- Watches
IT and TV equipment
- Computers
- Laptops
- Printers
- Mobile phones
- Televisions
- Remote controls
Lighting equipment
- Fluorescent lamps
- High intensity
- Discharge lamps
- Compact fluorescent lamps
- LEDs
Electrical and electronic tools
- Drills
- Saws
- Sewing machines
- Lawn mowers
- Batteries
Toys, leisure and sport equipment
- Electric trains and racing cars
- Hand-held video games
- Consoles
- Amplifiers
- Musical instruments
- Radios
Other eWaste
- Medical devices
- Automatic dispensers/thermostats