MobileMuster

Don't let mobiles go to landfill or gather dust in a drawer! Help address the e-waste epidemic by recycling your used mobile phones and accessories. Simply drop them into a participating location.

Mobile Phones and mobile batteries cannot be recycled in your council recycling bins. There are a number of mobile phone recycling programs that you can get involved in that will help to protect our environment and conserve our natural resources. The MobileMuster program has a number of drop off locations that are listed below.

The MobileMuster phone recycling drop-off locations near you include:

Anz Bank Canberra City

25 Petrie Plaza
Canberra ACT 2600

Nokia Care Centre - Canberra

64 Northbourne Ave
Canberra ACT 2600

Telstra Shop - Canberra Centre Bunda St

Canberra Centre 
Bunda St
Canberra ACT 2600

Vodafone - Canberra Centrepoint Bunda St

Centrepoint Shop Centre
Bunda Street
Canberra ACT 2600

Department Of The Environment & Water Resources - Cafenvi

John Gorton Building
King Edward Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Department Of Environment & Water Resources Collection Address

John Gorton Building
King Edward Terrace
Parkes ACT 2600

Cartridge World - Canberra City

10 Moore Street
Canberra City ACT 2600

Anz Bank - Canberra

148 Bunda Street
Canberra ACT 2600

Anu Green Office

John Yencken Bldg 45
Acton ACT 2601

Canberra Environment & Sustainability Resource Centre

ANU
Lawson Crescent
Acton ACT 2601

Crazy Johns Canberra Centre

148 Bunda Street
Canberra ACT 2601

Fone Zone - Canberra Centre Civic Sqre

Canberra Centre
Civic Square
Canberra ACT 2601

Optus World - Canberra Bunda St

Canberra Centre
Bunda Street
Canberra ACT 2601

Optus World - Canberra Centre

Canberra Centre
City Walk
Canberra ACT 2601

Allphones - Canberra City

Canberra Centre
148 Bunda Street
Canberra ACT 2601

Anz Bank Dickson

3 Dickson Place
Dickson ACT 2602

Capital Telephones

Unit 5b, 9 McKay St, (Access off McKay Lane)
Turner ACT 2602

Anz Bank Manuka

33 Bougainville Street
Manuka ACT 2603

Amta - Canberra Office

35 Murray Crescent
Griffith ACT 2603

3 Shop Woden

Westfield Woden
1 Keltie Street
Phillip ACT 2606

Anz Bank Woden

Woden Shopping Square Town Square
Woden ACT 2606

Battery World  - Phillip

95 Grenville Court
Phillip ACT 2606

Crazy Johns Woden Plaza

Keltie Street
Woden ACT 2606

Fone Zone - Phillip Woden

Westfield Woden
Keltie St
Phillip ACT 2606

Office Communications - Phillip

Westfield Woden
Phillip ACT 2606

Optus World - Woden

Westfield Woden
Keltie Street
Woden ACT 2606

Telstra Shop - Woden

Woden Plaza
Keltie Street
Woden ACT 2606

Vodafone - Phillip Woden

Woden Plaza Shopping Centre
Phillip ACT 2606

Allphones - Woden

Woden Plaza
Corrina Street
Woden ACT 2606

Anz Bank Fyshwick

17 Wollongong Street
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Crazy Johns Fyshwick

51 Wollongong Street
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Optus Business Direct - Fyshwick

51 Tenant St
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Optus World - Fyshwick

40 Wollongong Street
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Telstra Shop - Fyshwick

25 Kembla Street
Fyshwick ACT 2609

The Battery Factory

141 Newcastle Street
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Department Of Environment & Water Resources - Delivery

Warehouse Unit 5
9 Collie Street
Fyshwick ACT 2609

Workplace Authority - Canberra Airport

Brindabella Business Park
29 Brindabella Circuit
Canberra International Airport ACT 2609

Reconnect Communications - Lavington

Centro Lavington
Griffith Road
Lavington NSW 2611

Capital Telephones

25 Lonsdale Street
Braddon ACT 2612

Anz Bank Belconnen

Belconnen Mall
Benjamin Way
Belconnen ACT 2617

Crazy Johns Belconnen

Westfield Shop Centre
Benjamin Way
Belconnen ACT 2617

Fone Zone - Belconnen

Westfield Belconnen
Benjamin Way
Belconnen ACT 2617

Optus World - Belconnen

Westfield Shoppingtown
Benjamin Way
Belconnen ACT 2617

Telstra Shop - Belconnen

Westfield Shoppingtown
Benjamin Way
Belconnen ACT 2617

Vodafone - Belconnen

Westfield
Belconnen ACT 2617

Cartridge World - Belconnen

52 Weedon Close
Belconnen ACT 2617

Telstra Shop - Queanbeyan

Riverside Plaza
131 Monaro Street
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Vodafone - Queanbeyan

Riverside Plaza
Munaro Street
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Allphones - Queanbeyan

Riverside Plaza
Cnr Collet & Monaro Street
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Cartridge World - Queanbeyan

Crawford Centre
166 Crawford Street
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Tafe - Queanbeyan

Cnr Buttle & MacQuoid Street
Queanbeyan NSW 2620

Anz Bank Tuggeranong

Tuggernong Hyperdome
Tuggeranong ACT 2900

Fone Zone - Tuggernanong

Hyperdome Shopping Centre
Anketell Street
Tuggeranong ACT 2900

Optus World - Tuggeranong

Hyperdome Shop Centre
Anketell Street
Tuggeranong ACT 2900

Telstra Shop - Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong Hyperdome 
Anketell Street
Greenway ACT 2900

Vodafone - Tuggeranong

Hyperdome Tuggeranong
Tuggeranong ACT 2900

Department Of Families, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs

Homeworld Building
Anketell Street
Tuggeranong ACT 2900

Cartridge World - Greenway

Tuggeranong Square
7 Reed Street
Greenway ACT 2900

Office Communications - Greenway

Tuggeranong Hyperdome
Greenway ACT 2911

Anz Bank Gungahlin

Gungahlin Market Place
30 Hiberson Street
Gungahlin ACT 2912

Telstra Shop - Gungahlin

Gungahlin Market Place
Hibberson Street
Gungahlin ACT 2912

Vodafone - Gungahlin

Gungahlin Shop Centre
Gungahlin ACT 2912

Other phone recycling locations

About Mobile Phones

  • It is estimated that 21 million mobile phones are in use in Australia. There are potentially 16 million defunct or unused mobile phones.
  • Over 90% of the materials in mobile phones can be recovered to make new products. The gold, silver, copper, nickel, cadmium and plastics in the mobiles can be turned into jewellery, stainless steel, batteries and plastic fence posts and pallets. The mobile phone industry claims that you can recover the same amount of gold from 50,000 handsets as from mining 110 tonnes of gold ore.

Source: AMTA

Importance of Recycling Mobile Phones

  • Throwing old mobiles into landfill can potentially be dangerous. Heavy metals such as the cadmium in the batteries could leach into the environment.

More Information on Mobile Phone Recycling Programs:

  • MobileMuster is the official mobile phone industry recycling program. It is a not for profit program that is run by AMTA (Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association) and is funded solely by its members who pay a levy on every handset they ship into Australia.
  • ARP has a mobile phone recycling program that helps raise money for various charities.