The E-Waste Armageddon The 1998 movie, “Armageddon”, depicted an asteroid, the size of Texas, on a trajectory bound for earth, which spelt impending doom for the planet. A big ball of rock and gas, hurtling towards the thir... Apr 16, 2021
AST Recycling Becomes TES's Key Service Provider of IT Asset Disposition and Recycling in SA South African recycler AST Recycling has been selected as the local, key provider of IT asset disposition (ITAD) and IT asset recycling services for global leader TES, which provides these services fo... Apr 6, 2021
E-Waste Recycling Bin Launch On 18 March, AST Recycling will be launching an e-waste recycling bin at Jackal Creek Golf Estate, in what will be the first of many stations nationally, to help battle the rising tide of e-waste in S... Mar 12, 2021
Responsible and Compliant Way to Dispose of End-of-life IT Assets What is the responsible and compliant way to dispose of end of life IT assets locally? In this video, our general manager and compliance office, Malcolm Whitehouse [1] , discusses the legislative fram... Dec 10, 2020
New E-Waste Recycling Laws In November, the South African government gazetted new recycling laws aimed at reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill in this country. In South Africa, only 10 percent of the 108 million ... Dec 9, 2020
School E-waste Recycling Campaign AST Recycling together with King David schools launches a campaign to raise awareness of electronic waste recycling. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:LatentStyles De... Dec 4, 2020
E-waste World Virtual Summit AST Recycling looks forward to presenting at this year's online and in-demand E-waste World Virtual Summit taking place on 18 and 19 of November 2020. malcolm Whitehouse, our general manager and compl... Nov 17, 2020
Rustenburg School Gets Computers As we celebrated International E-Waste day this week, the objective was to promote the correct disposal of electronic equipment to enable the reuse and responsible recycling of these items. It is esti... Nov 16, 2020
Disposing of Old Equipment? With the introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act, it has become vital for companies to consider every possible avenue through which data could make it into the public domain. One su... Oct 27, 2020
International E-waste Day The campaign, which launches on 14 October, will include raising awareness on social media. placing e-waste recycling bins at various schools, and donations of refurbished equipment to underprivilaged... Oct 14, 2020
South Africa Should Ramp Up E-Waste Recycling The level of e-waste recycling in South Africa is extremely low. While 6kg/y to 7kg/y of e-waste is generated for every South African citizen only 360 000 t/y of e-waste is placed on the market. Thi... Sep 29, 2020
Waste Forum "You can't change the world, you can't fix the whole environment but you can recycle". Patti Smith, Musician. Miss Earth South Africa, hosted an Online Waste Forum on Friday 18 th September to celebr... Sep 23, 2020