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IT’S EASY TO RECYCLE RECYCLING in the City of Salisbury has never been easier thanks to a range of initiatives and services on offer through the Council. Televisions and computers continue to be accepted from the public at no cost as a result of Council’s participation in the National Television & Computer Recycling Scheme. The City of Salisbury has received over 465,000kg of television and computer waste since it started collecting material in September 2012, including 108,000kg received in April 2012 following the switch-off of the analogue signal. This is a considerable amount when the average television weighs 22.5kg and the average computer weighs 12.5kg! On average, 95 per cent of the material collected under the scheme has been televisions, with five per cent being computers. When measured in weight, this equates to approximately 19,600 televisions and 1,850 computers in the past 12 months. Waste Services The City of Salisbury offers a hard waste service for residents and non-profit organisations (excluding Government agencies). The hard waste service is managed by the Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA), which currently operates the area’s residential three bin service. Each household is entitled to receive either one free voucher to dump waste or one home collection service per year. Council recognises that residents have d ifferent needs, so there are two options available to them. Residents may choose between: 1. The voucher system, providing residents with access to Council’s Research Road Waste Transfer Station, free of charge, for one 2.1m x 1.5m x 2.0m metre trailer load per year; or 2. A suburb by suburb booking system, whereby residents can book up to one month in advance for their hard waste to be collected from their home, at a fee of $10. There are two periods per year when residents can access the home collection service, albeit that only one service collection per year is available. i For more information on these services, please download the Hard Waste Collection Services PDF document at www.salisbury.sa.gov.au or contact the Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA) by telephone on 1800 111 004 or 8252 9666. You can also send an email to NAWMA at [email protected] SUBSCRIBE TO SALISBURY E-WARE THE first edition of Salisbury E-Ware hit inboxes in September. If you haven’t already signed up to receive the e-newsletter, which features up-to-date information about events, initiatives and projects Council is currently working on, what are you waiting for?! By registering your details at www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/e-ware you will receive the latest information about new services, programs, initiatives and events all within an easy to read e-newsletter ‘Salisbury E-Ware’ approximately every six weeks. Please note: All email addresses supplied to the City of Salisbury will only be used by Council to provide information to you and will not be provided to any external organisations or for any other purposes. i For more information, contact Larissa Thomas, Marketing & Communications Officer, on 8406 8380 or via email at [email protected] www.salisbury.sa.gov.au | SALISBURY AWARE | SUMMER 2013 | 23