A combination of local council collections, public drop-offs and record processing may make South Australia the best state in a country-wide attempt to set a world recycling record.

Co-ordinated nationally by TechCollect and processed locally for South Australia at Adelaide's Ecycle Recovery plant, current trends are showing SA may be the leader in the nation-wide project.

The attempt to create a world record for recycling e-waste was a bid to increase the awareness of just how much can be recovered from discarded electrical items, TechCollect CEO Carmel Dollisson explained.

"Certainly South Australia is doing a good job and they would appear to be leading the hunt for product.

"90 percent of the components of a television, computer, printer and other computer peripherals, all the cables, can be recycled," Carmel said.

For Adelaide's e-waste recycling plant the record attempt has meant a doubling of staff due to the increase in tonnage received.

"We'd probably be looking at double that capacity, at around 300 tonnes this week," Ecycle Recovery managing director Michelle Morton said.

"We certainly do have an advantage over the other states, thanks to our residents and their commitment to making sure that the items are responsibly recycled at the end of their life."

Total amounts for the record attempt should be known by the end of the month, after all sites across the country have registered their witnessed totals.