eDay Collection Stats

2007 – 2010

Number of cars through eDay sites: 57,700

Estimated number of items collected: 272,900

Estimated total tonnage: 3,220

eDay

Past Results

eDay appreciates the widespread support received from communities from Kaitaia to Invercargill who are helping to clean up NZ's e-waste. This was demonstrated in 2008 with a total of 16,607 cars that dropped off e-waste at the 33 sites, diverting 946 tonnes of e-waste from landfill.
eDay 2009 saw everyone from students to Ministers and Olympic athletes volunteering on the day and resulted in 976 tonnes of e-waste being collected at 38 sites across the country.
The table below outlines a breakdown of the number of regions and households that were involved in eDay 2009.

 

Region Number of cars Number of items Total tonnage per area (incl school collections)
Kaitaia 65 544 6
Kaikohe 60 658 8
Kerikeri 223 1,117 11
Whangarei 622 2,822 28
Auckland City 534 3,225 35
North Shore City 1,163 4,517 46
Waitakere City 403 1,639 18
Manukau City 640 2,680 30
Waiheke Island 117 430 4
Hamilton 860 6,332 71
Tauranga 1,050 4,940 56
Whakatane 170 859 10
Rotorua 535 2,216 25
Opotiki 54 303 3
Gisborne 412 2,039 25
Napier 573 2,601 29
Hawera 159 812 9
New Plymouth 775 3,612 40
Stratford 109 413 4
Wanganui 524 2,634 29
Palmerston North 402 1,940 24
Paraparaumu 595 2,484 25
Masterton 395 2,470 31
Wellington 1,998 8,540 97
Takaka 103 310 3
Nelson 709 3,662 37
Motueka 157 976 10
Murchison 17 163 2
Blenheim 463 1,716 19
Kaikoura 13 82 1
Greymouth 114 486 5
Amberley 21 848 10
Christchurch 1,037 6,639 69
Queenstown 162 609 7
Wanaka 131 1,292 12
Alexandra 73 1,624 16
Dunedin 621 3,234 36
Invercargill 375 2,108 24
TOTAL 16,432 83,536 976