People and Planet Positive Pop Up Day at Officeworks O’Connor

This Saturday 7 June, Officeworks O’Connor will host the next People and Planet Positive Pop Up Day.

To help Officeworks make a positive difference to people and the planet, locals can bring household batteries and other tech items to be collected and recycled.

Accepted products include computers, video equipment,games consoles, cameras, televisions, printers, hard drives, phones, ink and toner cartridges and more.

Customers are reminded to wipe the data on their devices before recycling.

Officeworks has been hosting Pop Up Days across the country this year, with previous events collecting up to 933kg of electronic waste and 18kg of batteries in a single day, diverting this waste from landfill.

For a full list of items accepted to be recycled at the People and Planet Positive Day to, head to this website.

Since first launching the Officeworks Bring It Back program in 2015 to help transition to a more circular economy and repair, repurpose and recycle as many products as possible, Officeworks has helped recycle more than 9,000 tonnes of products.

Congrats Officeworks. A great idea!

By Michael Barker, Editor, Fremantle Shipping News

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