(1) As part of Government waste reduction policies and strategies (including the Government Resource Efficiency Policy, NSW Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041 and the Circular Economy Policy Statement 2019), is there:
(a) Any centralised policy on how long Government agency laptop computers should be used before being replaced?
(i) If so, what does this policy specify?
(b) Any centralised oversight of the quantity of e-waste, including laptop computers, created by Government agencies?
(i) If so, is it known how many laptops are disposed of by Government agencies each year?
(1) If so, how many?
(c) Any centralised programs to ensure IT assets, including laptop computers, are reused and recycled across Government agencies?
(i) If so, what does this involve?
(2) Who decides what happens to Government agency laptop computers when they are discarded?
(3) What typically happens to Government agency laptop computers when they are discarded?
(a) Do we know how many laptops end up in landfill?
(4) Are there any existing avenues for laptop computers no longer used by Government agencies to be donated to a charity that distributes laptops for reuse by priority groups in need?
(a) If so, what does this involve?
(5) How would a charity that collects used laptops being discarded by large organisations approach the Government, from a whole-of-government perspective or an individual agency (starting with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water), to propose collecting used laptops for reuse, to prevent them from being recycled prematurely, or worse, sent to landfill?
