The move follows the huge success of the last E-waste collection day that saw Brisbane recycle 182 tonnes of E-waste – more than either Sydney or Melbourne.

“We’ll be saving the residents of Brisbane the hassle and inconvenience of storing their old PCs, laptops or electronic equipment or, even worse, sending them to landfill,” he said.

“Between 96 and 98 per cent of E-waste can be recycled, so we’ll be collecting the city’s E-waste four times a year at designated Council depots.

“My Can Do team believes we can do more to improve Brisbane’s environmental credentials. I see this as a vital part of that aim. But I need a Liberal team in council to make it happen.”

Cr Newman said along with the cost-neutral E-waste program, a Can Do Council would introduce weekly recycling, but only when use demanded it.

The latest recycling figures revealed a total of 7571 tonnes for January, an increase of 725 tonnes on the same time last year.

However when that was spread across 405,000 rateable properties it was an increase of just 450 grams per household per week – not enough to justify the huge cost of re-negotiating council’s multi-million dollar recycling contract and risking rates rises.

“Our Yum-Yuck Cy education campaign is obviously working but there still needs to be an increase in the use of yellow top bins before weekly collections become viable,” he said.

“Labor wants to terminate the contract straight away which would be totally irresponsible and likely to lead to significant rates increases. My message to ratepayers, particularly pensioners, is that if you vote for a Can-Do team you will get financially responsible decisions.”

Cr Newman said Labor was ignoring legal advice that it would be liable to reconfigure the contractor’s garbage trucks if Brisbane changed from fortnightly recycling pickups.

In other news, the Lord Mayor announced plans for unit blocks to be supplied with bulk recycling bins, rather than a line-up of yellow top wheelie bins, to make collections efficient.

He also announced plans to stop green waste going to landfill by tendering for designated green waste bins, and offering rights to build a Tip Shop at waste transfer stations. Plus moves to pave the way for user-pays yellow-top recycling bins to be offered to small businesses.