More than 16,000 television sets have been recycled in the lower North Island as part of the TV TakeBack programme, latest Environment Ministry figures show.
The figures show 16,232 television sets had been collected from Lower North Island drop-off points in the last month.
This brings the total number of sets recycled through the programme, which has already run in Hawke's Bay and the South Island, to 123,786.
Implementation of the programme in different parts of New Zealand coincides with the respective digital switch-over date. In the lower North Island, the analogue signal was switched off on Sunday. The upper North Island is due to make the switch on December 1.
The Environment Ministry has urged anyone with unwanted sets to take them to a collection point, where they can be recycled.
