1. Student’s Recycling e-waste Service
By Un-e-waste Team (Team 1):
Hua Tu, Madoka Hattori, Alex Xu, George Papakonstantopoulos
9 August 2013

2. The Issue
That’s what students think about recycling in UNSW:

3. The Issue
 Recycling students’ technically obsolete and non-functional IT
equipment
 70% of the toxic chemicals found in landfills come from e-waste.
(Source: The University of Queensland)
 UNSW provides e-waste recycling service only for university’s equipment.
 68% Students currently recycle paper & bottles in UNSW.
 79% would be interested for a recycling e-waste service in UNSW.
 UNSW IT’s responsibility and role to support a sustainable future.

4. Target Group’s Size
 Target group 45000 students + staff
45000 x 51% = 23000 students
23085 x 1 item ≈ 23000 items/year
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Throw it in the trash
Return it to the store or manufacturer
Donate it
Give to familiar person
Resell it
Recycle it in a collection point
Wait for a recycling collection event
Other
22%
5%
20%
44%
17%
16%
13%
10%

5. What The Others Do
 Australian National University
 e-waste boxes (max e-waste volume: size of a laptop)
 University of Technology Sydney
 2 days e-waste event
 Macquarie University
 e-waste event (collected 1.6 tonnes at 2013)
 Curtin University
 e-waste event
 University of Newcastle
 e-waste event
 University of Wollongong
 e-waste event (items offered free to students and stuff)

6. IT Service
Desk
Store is full
IT Service Desk
Proposed Process for Recycle
Incentive
 Proposed process is based on existing UNSW’s recycling process.
 Limit the operational cost of the project.
Student IT Service Desk
1st Monday &
Tuesday of every
month
Collection Point A:
IT’s current storehouse
Collection Point B:
Randwick council warehouse
Collections Contact recycler
Blue Bins
IT Service Desk
Reusable

7. Incentives
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Discount on buying new IT equipment.
Discount voucher for the Bookshop
Other
36%
44%
14%
6%

8. Effects of the Project
 UNSW is a signatory of international declarations relating to
sustainability, including Talloires Declaration & Universitas 21.
Specifically affected sustainability criteria:
 Developing effective waste management and recycling procedures &
practices.
 Increase awareness of environmental responsibility among staff, students
and visitors.
 Emphasize engagement.
 Leading by Experience.
 Striving to continually improve the University’s environmental performance.
 Increase UNSW’s sustainability ranking

9. The Benefits for IT Department
 Increased IT’s customer based profile.
 Increased environmental awareness profile.
 Reinforce UNSW IT’s branding, as a sustainable unit.
 Increase IT’s reputation internally.

10. The Benefits for UNSW
 UNSW will be the first Australian University that offers
a complete e-waste service to students.
 The project will be published (e.g. by Universitas 21).
 Increased UNSW’s reputation.
 Increased sustainability ranking.

11. Conclusion
Be innovative | Be Sustainable | Be the 1st

12. Q u e s t i
o n s ?
T H A N K Y O U
F O R Y O U R
I N T E R E S T