{"id":31048,"date":"2026-05-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=31048"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:58:38","slug":"give-your-old-tech-a-second-life-this-may","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/give-your-old-tech-a-second-life-this-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Give your old tech a second life this May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Reading time: 1 minute<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If your desk drawer is hiding dead cables, outdated devices or mystery chargers from 2016, now\u2019s the time to clear them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin is hosting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/events\/e-waste-battery-recycling-day-2\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/events\/e-waste-battery-recycling-day-2\/\">E-Waste &amp; Battery Recycling Day<\/a> to make it easy for students and staff to recycle unwanted electronics safely and responsibly. Instead of sending broken or unused tech to landfill, this initiative ensures items are recycled in a way that\u2019s better for the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can bring along a wide range of everyday electronics and accessories, including computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, cameras, cables, batteries, light globes and small household or workshop electrical items. Small kitchen appliances (yes, even that old microwave) are also welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that some items can\u2019t be accepted, including large household appliances like fridges, hazardous items such as smoke detectors, and car batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Car Park PH2 (in front of the Plant Nursery)<br><strong>Date:<\/strong> Friday 15 May<br><strong>Time:<\/strong> 7.00am tp 2.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re doing a study\u2011break clean\u2011out or finally letting go of old tech that no longer works, dropping it off on campus is a simple way to make a sustainable choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check your items and recycle responsibly on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clear out your old electronics and recycle them the right way, Curtin\u2019s on\u2011campus e\u2011waste drop\u2011off is happening on 15 May | Reading time: 1 min<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4481,"featured_media":31049,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"5182,4686,7657,7831,8527,8373","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[140,142],"class_list":["post-31048","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-on-campus","oasis-categories-opportunities"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e-waste-1588x840px-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Ben","last_name":"Adams","display_name":"Ben Adams"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 12:58:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/31048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/31048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=31048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}