More Computer Recycling in Australia

Please note Computerbank Victoria is NOT affliated with any other computer recycling organisation

Charity Computers ACT (ACT)	Technical Aid for the Disabled NSW Inc (NSW)
Computerbank New South Wales (NSW)	Computerbank Queensland (QLD)
Computerbank Hunter (NSW)	Bundy PC's (Bundaberg, QLD)
Computerbank Illawarra (NSW)	ITShare (SA)

Australian Computer Society PC Recycling SIG (SA)	Byteback (VIC)
Equipment Recycling Network (VIC)	Business to Community Recyclers (B2C) (VIC)
Enhance IT (VIC)	Rural & Peninsula Disability Support Inc (VIC)
Click Project (WA)	Computer Angels Inc (WA)
Green PC (VIC, QLD, ACT, WA)

Links about Computerbank Victoria's Work

Fair Trade, This article appeared in The Age Greenguide, 18th October, 2007.
Cyber Junk's Second Life. Archived by Www.Recycles.Org. This article appeared in the Australian IT on August 7th, 2005.
Green Machines, an article about recycling computers. The Age. July 14. 2005.
The Buzz Radio Program, an interview by Geoff Tregenza of Computerbank Hunter and Computerbank NSW. Saturday 14 February 2004.
The Age: Kylie was nominated for an AUUG open source award for "outstanding contribution in making Linux widely available through the Computerbank Project". October 29, 2004.
The Age Q+A section in the Technology Resources Section.
Linux Thin Clients at the Footscray Library A Demonstration Low Cost Public Access Network by Computerbank Victoria (2004). This is a PDF file.
Rubbish to Riches by By Nick Galvin, November 13, 2004.
30 computers found for Zapotillo (Ecuador)! from NABUUR.com on December 14, 2004.
Vic Greens set to complete Linux switch by year-end by Sam Varghese in the SMH on 6th August, 2003. Cached through Google.
Can't get work experience? Volunteer in IT, on Brainbox. Thursday, 7th August 2003.
ABC Feature on E-waste. Published November 6th, 2003.
The Age/SMH - Bring out your dead: By Graeme Philipson. March 19 2002 in the Next section cached through google. The article provides a table of recycling organisations in most states of Australia. It gets the Computerbank listings wrong some of the time.
Catalyst ABC - Techno Trash appeared on Thursday, 25th April 2002.
Bangladesh News - 26th May, 2002. Old PCs can give schools new life Computer Bank Australia.
Tech Soup. Old Computers Give New Life to the Mudgee Youth Cafe. February 25th 2002.
We have appeared in the Melbourne Times twice in 2002. Copies of the Melbourne Times Press are available in the office.
Work for the Dole Achievement Awards 2001
Ms Megabyte Feature on the today show in May 2001.
The Age/SMH - Charity PC recycler plans national spread, by Jennifer Foreshew. May 22, 2001.
The Prime Ministers Business Partnership Awards 2001. A Computerbank Australia case study about our partnership with BP Australia - Look under C to find Computerbank - the title of the casestudy is "Computers for everyone"
South Australia - in a newsletter - Article is called: How to get a computer without breaking the bank. It was published in the November 2001 newsletter of CISA.
Revealed: Why octogenarians love Mozilla , by Linda Harrison Posted: 24/08/2001 at 12:13 GMT on the Register at a response to the PC's for Kids vs Microsoft media.
The Age/SMH -The People's Revolution: By Eric Wilson. October 6 1998. Full article is captured in a mailing list archive online.

Computer Recycling Overseas

Free Geek (USA)	Access to Recycled Technology (UK)
Alameda County Computer Resources Centre (USA)	Share the Technology (USA)
Working Centre Linux Project (USA)	Reboot Canada (Canada)
World Computer Exchange (Global)	Reuse Computer (Berlin)
Green Metals Consortium (Italy)	Computer Aid International (Global)
Free Computers.org (UK)	Free Geek How To's.

Open Source Software

Linux Australia	Free Software Foundation
Linux Documentation Project	Openoffice.org
The GIMP	Linux Users of Victoria
The KDE Project	The GNOME Project
The GNU Project	The Simple End User Linux Project

Papers and Case Studies on Open Source Software

Papers on Open Source Software by Open Source Victoria
Building an Open Source Office GRO Case study by the Linc Project (2003). This is a PDF file.
Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software by Danny Yee (1999).
The Case for Government Promotion of Open Source Software by Mitch Stoltz (1999).
Unix as an Element of Literacy by Martin Vermeer (1998).

Digital Divide

Dropping off the Edge.  A report by the Jesuits detailing the most disadvantaged postcodes in Australia also had low pc ownership. 2007
Victorian E-Government Resource Centre. Digital divide resources listed by the Victorian government.
A Digital Divide in Rural and Regional Australia? by Dr Jennifer Curtin Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group (2001).
Education, Poverty, and Information and Communication Technologies: The Digital Divide A briefing paper prepared for SEDSAN.
Building Digital Bridges by the International Telecommunication Union.
Digital divide resources by InfoXchange Australia.

E-waste

The links in this section include pointers to general information on e-waste.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition	Basel Action Network
Greenpeace International Toxics Campaign	Secretariat of the Basel Convention - United Nations Environment Programme
E-waste feature on the ABC website in Australia