Processing, organised by David Blewden, is staffed from a mix of Rotary Cambridge and community volunteers.  This year has been better organised with improved financial returns.  Less items are palletised and shipped for others to recycle.  Low value items for reuse are passed onto Lions for resale and items such as cellphones, laptops and desktop computers are checked, repaired and upgraded by specialist volunteers.

The recycled/repaired goods are sold at Tamahere Country Market and staffed by Rotary Cambridge and some High School volunteers.  Alan van Niekerk organises this side of things and it's a great opportunity for wider public exposure for Urban Miners.  We sell repaired cellphones, laptops and desktop computers and all power supplies are tested and tagged.  Prices are very cheap with cellphones $5 to $80 and laptops/computers from $30 to $120 (no guarantees on battery life).  Income per event is approx $500.

Urban Miners has over 90 registered volunteers with about 30 of those regular volunteers for various activities, and about half of these are Rotarians.  Volunteer hours are typically 300 to 330 hours per month across all activities including management.

Members of the management team are Mark Hanlon, David Blewden, Andy Newman, Brian Palmer, Rollo Webb, Harriet Lamb and Chris Johnson (Te Awamutu).

Many thanks to Mark for his interesting update to the Club and to the whole team for their commitment to this important project.