Lisa and Adrian Saunders
Looking at the piles on the side of the road in 2019, we began a familiar complaint, "Surely some of that stuff has value. It's crazy to throw it into landfill..." At that moment, we thought we should either do something or shut up.
Shutting up was never an option.
So in 2019, we started our journey which led to us to offer free electronics recycling as a social enterprise.
Our first company, Arnies Recon, took everything and anything that was electronic or an appliance. We learned the hard way that we can't take everything and operate a sustainable business.
So, with Whirl, we focus on what we can do - small electronics, mainly the ones that can be repurposed.
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Six years later, we've saved over 8700 tonnes of over 2.6 million electronics and appliances from landfill. We do this with the help of a unique network that enables us to re-use over 60% of the items we collect. The rest gets responsibly recycled.
We've also turned electronics recycling into thousands of dollars for charities such as ReLove, Kyds, The Northern Beaches Women's Shelter and FSHD research.
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We've re-homed heritage items and electronics that have some more life left in them, reconditioned old technology and found sought-after parts for keen restorers and collectors.
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Whirl Recycling is and will always will be a fully free service to the community, business, governments, schools, religious institutions... everyone.
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Why? Because we think it should be.
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Thanks for going on the journey with us!
With love,
Lisa & Adrian
