Three containers full of 20 tonnes of computers, monitors, photocopiers and other hardware were exported by WasteServ to the Far East between December and January.

A spokesman for WasteServ said the company would continue collecting such waste for export but it was also investigating other markets as well as the recycling of other white goods.

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