Mobile Phone Recycling

In Australia, over 75%, or nearly sixteen million people, own a mobile phone and exchange it on average every 18 - 24 months. This obviously represents a high proportion of waste, yet what is not widely known is those mobile handsets, including batteries and accessories, are recyclable (www.amta.org.au)

FACT: There is an estimated ten million phones lying around in home cupboards and office desks and Australians are buying new mobile phones at the rate of nearly four million phones per year.

FACT: Old mobile phones can be recycled into furniture, copper wire, and saucepans

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING YOUR OLD MOBILE PHONE?

• If these phones end up in landfill, poisonous substances contained in the phones can seep into groundwater, contaminate the soil and enter the food chain.
• You will help conserve the Earth's precious resources

WHERE CAN I TAKE MY OLD MOBILE PHONE TO BE RECYCLED?

Click here to find a store near you that will accept mobile phones to have them recycled.

Mobile phones & phone batteries DO NOT go in your household recycling bins.

For further information go to the Clean Up Australia Website Click here