DHL partners with StarHub and TES-AMM to boost electronics recycling

BEIJING (Scrap Monster): DHL Express has tied up with StarHub and TES-AMM to expand Singapore’s first e-waste recycling programme. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed by representatives of the three firms yesterday in Singapore. As part of the initiative, the number of e-waste bin locations will be more than tripled from 30 to 100 by end-2014.

StarHub in partnership with TES-AMM had launched the ‘StarHub E-Waste Recycling Programme’ in 2012 with five e-waste bins. The success prompted the companies to expand the program to newer locations. The program which collected nearly 2,700 kilograms of e-waste in the every first year now has 30 e-waste bins across Singapore. The programme collected 6,500 kilograms of e-waste during 2013. The e-waste collections have crossed 5,600 kilograms so far this year

According to the MoU, the programme is now being renamed as REcycling Nation’s Electronic Waste (RENEW). It aims to roll out hundreds of e-waste bins in the next two to three years. Efforts will also be made to raise public awareness about the necessity to properly dispose used electronic goods and the serious ill-effects of improper e-waste disposal.

The program accepts e-waste from individual users. StarHub-the premier telecom company and DHL-the cross-border express service giant will provide the bins, whereas TES-AMM-the e-waste recycling major will provide recycling services. The bins will accept a wide range of electronics including mobile phones, cable modems, laptops, DVD, VCR and VCD players, remote controls, keyboards, hard disk drives, modems, mice, wires, set-top boxes, docking stations, MP3 players, telephones, and lithium-ion batteries.