COVID-19
All our services are running normally but please follow the procedures we have in place to protect our staff and the community.
For official information visit the Government COVID-19 website.
DO NOT DUMP ITEMS AND DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED PARCELS
We have had a number of cases where items for recycling are sent without contact information, dumped at our premises, or left in the letterbox.
PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE SENDING OR LEAVING ANY ITEMS WITH US.
There is usually a $5 handling fee. Many items have low scrap value and also require processing for achieving a good environmental outcome.
Volunteers wanted
If you like taking things apart and like to help with saving the environment consider volunteering for us.
E-waste is an increasing part of the waste stream and you can help us to reduce the scale of the problem.
Welders
We now accept welding and plasma cutting equipment for repair. We have two technicians who are experienced with repairing welding and related equipment.
Price drop for CRT monitor recycling
We have dropped the price of CRT monitor recycling from $30 to $10 to reflect the lower costs for their recycling.
For sale
Our online shop is now operating. It is still under development so please let us know if you experience any problems.
Check out our Trade Me account for deals that save you money and save our environment.
Contact us if you need any cables, common, obscure, or vintage parts, microwave oven assemblies, power tool parts, or electronic components. We may be able to help you.
Wanted
Bulk lots of antistatic bags, motherboard boxes, and HDD storage receptacles.
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Recycling and life cycle analysis
I sent this reply to an email the we received from one of our customers. Thought I would share it because there is a lot of good info here. . . . Some of the answers to your questions are … Continue reading
St Martins Cubs learn about e-waste
Ecotech Services occasionally gives equipment to groups and individuals to dismantle to foster education about technology and the environment. We recently gave some equipment to the St Martins Scout group. Here is a report and photo from Alex Head, the … Continue reading
Television repairs
Due to the difficulties that are often encountered Ecotech Services no longer offers to repair televisions, with the exception of those that have a CRT display. The difficulties are due to a number of factors including expensive or unavailable spare … Continue reading
Too far gone
I couldn’t save this calculator. It was too far gone! The leaky battery corroded a lot of the PCB tracks. Scrapped. RIP.
Conductive glue
Some manufacturers are just not learning from past manufacturing mistakes. Or they just don’t care about how long the stuff they make will last. One of the faults with some electronic equipment is a glue used in manufacturing that becomes … Continue reading
Handy reference chart for plug pinouts
<humour> This is a reference chart for plug pinouts. We can rely on xkcd to give us some good, reliable information. </humour>
A costly calculator repair
This MS-7LA calculator came in for recycling last year. It did not power on. It is the holidays at present so I thought I would do some holiday hobby work (repairing things is one of my hobbies). I undid the … Continue reading
A waste of time
These brand new mains cables came in for recycling. Not only was it a waste of time test and tagging brand new cables but they ended up with us for recycling. We get hundreds of these cables both new and … Continue reading
Electrical tape and extension cords
This cable came in as part of a whole bunch of other stuff from an IT company. Not sure why someone would want to make one of these. A mains plug to IEC connector cable is pretty easy to get … Continue reading
2020 International Repair Day
As a means of promoting the repair industry Ecotech Services is offering free repairs or evaluation to a wide range of faulty electrical, electronic and computer equipment on the 2020 International Repair Day. The event will be held at our … Continue reading