Hire Trusted Locals For e-Waste Removal & Recycling

E-waste can pose a significant threat to human and environmental health when buried in landfills. But, because we don’t have a national e-waste recycling scheme in New Zealand, it can be tricky to figure out how to dispose of e-garbage responsibly.

Thankfully, there are lots of schemes across the country dedicated to processing e-waste ethically – including community recycling centres, charitable recycling initiatives and commercial e-waste programmes.

Want to do the right thing, but need help getting your e-waste to where it needs to go? Ezy Peazy can help!

Our network of taskers includes professional removalists who specialise in collecting and removing all types of household waste. When you use the Ezy Peazy platform, you can enlist the help of a local tasker who can pick-up and drop-off your e-waste, helping you declutter and do the right thing for the environment – all from the comfort of your own home.

Read on to discover how Ezy Peazy can assist you with affordable e-waste recycling services.

While New Zealand lacks a centralised programme for managing e-waste, there are a number of locations and schemes across the country that accept tech waste for recycling.

This includes council-affiliated community recycling centers and transfer stations that collect and recycle e-waste, ensuring your old, unwanted and broken electronic items are processed safely, keeping harmful toxins out of landfill. It also includes commercial schemes, such as TechCollect which has partnered with stores like Noel Leeming to recycle ICT waste ethically.

If you’d like to make use of one of these fantastic schemes, but don’t like the thought of driving across town to drop your electronic garbage off, or perhaps you don’t have the means to transport your e-waste yourself – in a few clicks you can hire a reliable tasker through Ezy Peazy who can take care of the logistics for you.

If doing good for the environment isn’t motivation enough, you can donate your e-junk to a charitable cause and make even more of an impact. In New Zealand, there are some wonderful charitable and social enterprises such as Abilities Group and Kilmarnock Enterprises that will not only dismantle and recycle your electronic waste ethically, but also provide meaningful employment opportunities to Kiwis with disabilities in the process.

Have an old iPhone lying around that you want to offload? RE:MOBILE specialises in cellphone recycling – and with every mobile phone recycled, they’ll make a donation to Sustainable Coastlines, a charity that works to protect New Zealand’s coastlines and waterways.

Want to make use of one of these fantastic charitable initiatives, but don’t have the means or time to drop your old electronics off yourself? No worries! Simply post a job on the Ezy Peazy platform and wait for offers from friendly local taskers to roll in. They’ll make sure your e-waste is taken off your hands and donated to the cause of your choice.

Are you a business owner planning an IT system upgrade, downsizing your offices or have more unused tech on your hands than you know what to do with?

Chances are you’re busy and rushed off your feet and simply don’t have the bandwidth to think about how you’re going to dispose of your old keyboards, computers and monitors, let alone take care of the actual logistics of dropping your tech waste off somewhere.

Whatever the scenario, if you have large volumes of electronic waste that you need help discarding, Ezy Peazy has you covered. Whether you have a trailer or a van-load worth, they’ll ensure your electrical items are picked up quickly and painlessly and taken away for responsible disposal, so you can get back to focusing on the important things. 

Did you know you can get cash for your e-scrap? There are a number of Kiwis across New Zealand who will purchase your old electronics and fix them up or convert them into scrap materials. This is a particularly good option if your electrical items are of the retro kind and in higher demand, such as CRT TVs or record players Facebook Marketplace and Trade Me are both good options when it comes to finding a buyer.

Once you’ve completed the transaction, if you need help transporting your e-waste to its new home, an Ezy Peazy tasker can take it to where it needs to go. 

Need help collecting and removing other items from your home? Ezy Peazy can help with that!

From removing an unwanted couch to hauling away old tyres and everything in between, it’s easy to find a local tasker near you who can take the stress out of decluttering your home.

With Ezy Peazy, professional help is just a few clicks away. Trusted, local taskers can come to you and take away your household waste while you sit back and relax with the knowledge you’ve done the right thing to help keep New Zealand clean, green and beautiful.