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2013 Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo is the longest running and most highly attended waste and recycling trade show in

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Reuse-RecycleIT receives ISO 14001:2004 Certification On 14th July 2014, Reuse-RecycleIT received ISO 14001:2004 certification by Bureau Veritas. The Environmental Management System of Reuse-RecycleIT was audited by

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ACT Government saves all recycled ICT gear from landfill All of the ACT government’s excess and superseded ICT equipment since 2009 has been saved from

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Reuse-RecycleIT receives ISO 14001:2015 Certification On 12th July 2017, Reuse-RecycleIT received ISO 14001:2015 certification by Bureau Veritas. The Environmental Management System of Reuse-RecycleIT was audited

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To address this, government organisations should look at what to do with the systems they replace. They should examine asset disposal practises used by external

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