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Equipment Collected

National totals

946 tonnes of e-Waste were collected from the 33 drop-off sites (and approximately 200 schools) participating in eDay 2008. Summary statistics are as follows.

Table 2: eDay national totals

eDay national totals 2008 2007
Cars 16,607 6,974
Monitors 27,033 8,938
Computers 22,250 6,498
Printers 16,102 4,229
Miscellaneous equipment* 16,385 5,364
Cellphones 5,235 1,279
Total equipment collected 87,000 26,300
Overall tonnage 946 294**

* Miscellaneous equipment includes: power supplies, speakers and any other electronic equipment.

** Based on equipment count on eDay; shipping weight was 415 tonnes.

Average equipment weights

The following average equipment weights based on information supplied by recyclers and equipment collected during the pilot eDay in 2006 were used to calculate the total tonnage at each collection site, based on the number of items counted:

Table 3: Average equipment weight

Equipment Weight
Monitors 16.5 kg
Desktop computers 12.46 kg
Peripheral (including printers) 6.84 kg
Cellphones 0.1 kg

Equipment mix by weight

Using the equipment average weights in Table 3 and the total equipment quantities, the overall equipment mix by weight is summarised in the following pie chart.

Figure 1: Total weight representation

Total weight representation

Text description of Figure 1: Total weight representation

The pie graph shows the proportion of total equipment weight represented by each equipment type. Monitors comprised the greatest equipment weight at 54%, followed by computers at 33%. Printers made up 13% of the total weight and cell phones 1%.

Equipment tonnage by eDay area

The total number of cars as well as the quantity and weight of e-waste collected, as estimated on eDay, is summarised in Table 4. The projected figures were used for planning purposes and were based on averages from 2007 and scaled to the number of households in each collection area. In areas running their second eDay, an awareness factor of 50% was added to the projection; this was based on the Wellington experience between 2006 and 2007, where the number of cars doubled. The percentage variation is calculated from the ratio of actual: projection numbers. Percentage variations less than 100% mean that the actual numbers were less than the projections and variations above 100% mean that the actual numbers exceeded the projections.

Some of the very large variations are because the actual numbers are quite small, e.g. Amberley. Auckland and Christchurch fell well below projections most likely because of the late start and low level of promotion in these two centres. However, for most centres, the actuals were sufficiently close to projections to ensure that adequate provision was made for site logistics and e-waste transport.

Table 4: Projected and total quantities and weight of e-waste collected

  Number of cars (projection) Number of cars (actual) % variation Number of items Total tonnage (projection) Total tonnage (actual) % variation
Alexandra 117 26 22% 643 8 7 88%
Amberley 26 64 246% 872 2 8 400%
Auckland City 2,400 1,233 51% 5,663 209 64 31%
Blenheim 203 417 205% 2,163 16 22 138%
Christchurch 2,706 1,225 45% 6,100 191 68 36%
Dunedin 902 959 106% 3,640 63 42 67%
Gisborne 316 436 138% 4,273 23 52 226%
Hamilton 1,251 900 72% 8,021 89 90 101%
Hawera 82 154 188% 657 8 7 88%
Invercargill 506 367 73% 2,009 45 22 49%
Kaikohe 139 50 36% 570 12 6 50%
Kaitaia 70 173 247% 589 6 6 100%
Masterton 181 501 277% 2,310 13 25 192%
Napier 436 628 144% 2,940 32 32 100%
Nelson 669 910 136% 4,065 49 45 92%
New Plymouth 538 619 115% 2,446 39 28 72%
Opotiki 66 40 61% 839 5 6 120%
Palmerston North 557 700 126% 3,981 40 43 108%
Paraparaumu 388 924 238% 3,031 28 35 125%
Queenstown 89 85 96% 628 8 6 75%
Rotorua 350 645 184% 2,484 24 26 108%
Stratford 69 84 122% 355 5 4 80%
Takaka 28 101 361% 338 2 3 150%
Tauranga 1,010 1,292 128% 5,262 60 57 95%
Waipukurau 100 126 126% 856 8 9 113%
Wairoa 64 51 80% 1,573 23 21 91%
Wanaka 84 107 127% 791 18 8 44%
Wanganui 722 606 84% 2,362 48 25 52%
Wellington 3,000 2,551 85% 12,234 181 122 67%
Whakatane 313 282 90% 2,543 18 29 161%
Whangarei 563 351 62% 2,767 40 28 70%
Total 17,945 16,607 93% 87,005 977 946 97%

Equipment mix by eDay area

The quantities of each type of equipment collected and the number of cars for each eDay area is summarised below. The variation in the average number of items per car is most likely being influenced by the amount of equipment collected from schools before eDay, or in some cases, collected during the year and stored at the collection site until eDay.

Table 5: Equipment quantities (by type) for each eDay area

  Monitors Computers Printers Cellphones Total items Total no. of drivers Average items per car
Alexandra 215 121 156 29 643 26 25
Amberley 191 187 145 61 872 64 14
Auckland City 1,795 1,622 957 196 5,663 1,233 5
Blenheim 593 369 437 128 2,163 417 5
Christchurch 1,890 1,715 1,097 246 6,100 1,225 5
Dunedin 1,366 996 808 275 3,640 959 4
Gisborne 1,714 1,217 560 151 4,273 436 10
Hamilton 2,492 2,141 1,472 165 8,021 900 9
Hawera 191 157 133 34 657 154 4
Invercargill 649 527 499 170 2,009 367 5
Kaikohe 166 123 105 15 570 50 11
Kaitaia 105 196 81 9 589 173 3
Masterton 687 609 499 68 2,310 501 5
Napier 899 583 558 35 2,940 628 5
Nelson 1,230 1,048 691 141 4,065 910 4
New Plymouth 869 716 598 124 2,446 619 4
Opotiki 58 68 71 57 839 40 21
Palmerston North 1,300 923 751 264 3,981 700 6
Paraparaumu 1,053 886 588 123 3,031 924 3
Queenstown 136 133 111 27 628 85 7
Rotorua 699 559 510 197 2,484 645 4
Stratford 116 78 68 17 355 84 4
Takaka 76 103 88 38 338 101 3
Tauranga 1,636 1,228 1,214 217 5,262 1,292 4
Waipukurau 216 180 164 52 856 126 7
Wairoa 735 587 208 20 1,573 51 31
Wanaka 230 149 272 44 791 107 7
Wanganui 689 477 440 84 2,362 606 4
Wellington 3,392 3,380 1,967 2,039 12,234 2,551 5
Whakatane 1,008 495 310 99 2,543 282 9
Whangarei 637 677 544 110 2,767 351 8
Total 27,033 22,250 16,102 5,235 87,005 16,607 5

e-Waste by eDay area

The percentage of e-waste collected by area is summarised in the table below. This is also expressed as an average weight per 1000 households. Some of the averages are distorted by the local collection arrangements. While most of the figures represent on-the-day collections and include school collections, some sites collected e-waste progressively throughout the year and used eDay as a means of removing and recycling this material, e.g. Wanaka, Amberley and Wairoa, although in the case of Wairoa the high average tonnage was a direct result of school e-waste being stockpiled over a number of years.

Table 6: Tonnage of e-waste by area

  Households (2006 Census) Number of cars (actual) Total tonnage (actual) % e-waste by area Tonnage per 1000 households
Alexandra 1,815 26 7 0.74% 3.86
Amberley 1,300 64 8 0.85% 6.15
Auckland City 145,572 1,233 64 6.77% 0.44
Blenheim 10,104 417 22 2.33% 2.18
Christchurch 135,261 1,225 68 7.19% 0.50
Dunedin 45,075 959 42 4.44% 0.93
Gisborne 15,765 436 52 5.50% 3.30
Hamilton 46,251 900 90 9.51% 1.95
Hawera 4,080 154 7 0.74% 1.72
Invercargill 20,106 367 22 2.33% 1.09
Kaikohe 13,808 50 6 0.63% 0.43
Kaitaia 6,904 173 6 0.63% 0.87
Masterton 9,030 501 25 2.64% 2.77
Napier 21,759 628 32 3.38% 1.47
Nelson 33,411 910 45 4.76% 1.35
New Plymouth 26,871 619 28 2.96% 1.04
Opotiki 3,270 40 6 0.63% 1.83
Palmerston North 27,849 700 43 4.55% 1.54
Paraparaumu 19,368 924 35 3.70% 1.81
Queenstown 3,132 85 6 0.63% 1.92
Rotorua 23,766 645 26 2.75% 1.09
Stratford 3,405 84 4 0.42% 1.17
Takaka 1,395 101 3 0.32% 2.15
Tauranga 40,635 1,292 57 6.03% 1.40
Waipukurau 4,992 126 9 0.95% 1.80
Wairoa 3,168 51 21 2.22% 6.63
Wanaka 1,287 107 8 0.85% 6.22
Wanganui 17,124 606 25 2.64% 1.46
Wellington 68,901 2551 122 12.90% 1.77
Whakatane 11,931 282 29 3.07% 2.43
Whangarei 28,149 351 28 2.96% 0.99
Total 795,484 16,607 946 100.00% 1.19

 

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