{"id":630939,"date":"2026-10-15T02:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630939\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T02:18:11","slug":"new-eco-friendly-tech-recycling-centre-opens-in-hornby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630939\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u2018eco-friendly\u2019 tech recycling centre opens in Hornby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christchurch residents have a new place to recycle their electronic waste and\u00a0unwanted devices.<\/p>\n

New Zealand technology company Echo officially opened its new e-waste recycling\u00a0facility in\u00a0Hornby South\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Echo chief executive Patrick Moynahan said it marks the next stage of\u00a0the company\u2019s investment in e-waste infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The new centre on\u00a0Canada Cres became operational on August 10 but was officially opened yesterday to mark\u00a0International E-Waste Day.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Echo’s Christchurch facility at 31 Canada Cres, Hornby South. Photo: Echo Tech NZ <\/p>\n

Moynahan said the company aims to\u00a0make technology reuse and recycling more accessible.<\/p>\n

\u201cChristchurch is much more than another location for Echo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an important step to making it easier for South Island businesses and communities to manage tech responsibly throughout its lifecycle \u2014 from secure IT re-use and remarketing to eco-friendly e-waste processing and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Unwanted electronic devices should be recycled. Photo: Echo Tech NZ <\/p>\n

Echo, New Zealand\u2019s largest e-waste recycling company,\u00a0acquired\u00a0E-Cycle South Island earlier this year. It also\u00a0held an E-Day in Christchurch in June, which attracted\u00a0more than 500 vehicles and collected about 17,000kg\u00a0of unwanted electronics in one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response to our first E-Day was a pretty clear signal that the appetite is here,\u201d said Moynahan.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want to do the right thing with their old technology, but access matters. Bringing more capability into Christchurch means we can make responsible reuse and recycling easier and keep more equipment and valuable materials in circulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want the circular economy to work in practice nationally, businesses and households need convenient, secure and responsible options for what happens to technology when they no longer need it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"A one-off community E-Day was held in Christchurch on June 27. Photo: Facebook <\/p>\n

Echo manages the full lifecycle of technology, rather than simply recycling equipment at the end of its useful life,\u00a0said Moynahan.<\/p>\n

\u201cA circular economy isn\u2019t just about recycling more. The first question should be whether a piece of technology can stay in productive use for longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means recovering, refurbishing and remarketing equipment wherever possible, securely managing data-bearing devices, and then responsibly recovering materials when technology genuinely reaches the end of its life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more value we can retain from the technology and materials already in circulation, the less we need to treat them as waste.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moynahan said the acquisition of\u00a0BMS\u00a0expanded\u00a0Echo\u2019s ability to undertake\u00a0IT asset recovery, remarketing, refurbishment, secure data management and recycling.<\/p>\n

Echo and BMS now process more than four million kilograms of e-waste and about 150,000 technology assets a year.<\/p>\n

More than 100 specialists work\u00a0across its four sites in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.<\/p>\n

Echo\u2019s long-term goal is to\u00a0process 20,000 tonnes of material annually by the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

-Allied Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christchurch residents have a new place to recycle their electronic waste and\u00a0unwanted devices. New Zealand technology company Echo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-630939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}