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:
Willunga Environment Centre
18 High Street
Willunga SA 5172
Office & Image Services
4 Hill Street
Willunga SA 5172
City Of Victor Harbor
Cnr George Main Rd & Bay Rd
Victor Harbor SA 5211
Telstra Licensed Shop Victor Harbor
55 Ocean Street
Victor Harbor SA 5211
The Office Shop Victor Harbor
14 Coral Street
Victor Harbor SA 5211
Allphones - Victor Harbor
Victor Harbor Shopping Centre
Torrens Street
Victor Harbor Sa 5211
Cartridge World - Victor Harbor
Ocean Street
Victor Harbor SA 5211
Alexandrina Council - Goolwa Library & Customer Service Centre
11 Cadell Street
Goolwa SA 5214
District Council Of Mount Barker
23 Mann Street
Mt Barker SA 5251
Telstra Shop - Mt Barker
Mt Barker Shopping Centre
McLaren Street
Mt Barker SA 5251
District Council Of Mount Barker - Library
5 Dumas Street
Mt Barker SA 5251
Allphones -mount Barker
36 Gawler Street
Mount Barker SA 5251
Cartridge World - Mount Barker
67 Gawler Street
Mount Barker SA 5251
Alexandrina Council - Strathalbyn Customer Service Office
1 Colman Road
Strathalbyn SA 5255
Stone Electronics
22 Albyn Terrace
Strathalbyn SA 5255
Strathalbyn Natural Resource Centre
1 Colman Terrace
Strathalbyn SA 5255
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.
