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 Middle Brighton
54 Church Street
Brighton VIC 3186
Vodafone - Brighton
55 Church Street
Brighton VIC 3186
Anz Bank Hampton
420 Hampton Street
Hampton VIC 3188
Connectivity Pty Ltd - Hampton
427 Hampton St
Hampton VIC 3188
Cartridge World - Hampton
427-455 Hampton Street
Hampton VIC 3188
Telco World - Moorabbin
467 South Road
Moorabbin VIC 3189
Planet Telecommunications
148 Chesterville Road
Moorabbin VIC 3189
3 Shop Southland
Westfield Southland
1239 Nepean Hwy
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Anz Bank Cheltenham
13 Chesterville Road
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Anz Bank Southland
Southland Shopping Centre
1239 Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Crazy Johns Southland
Westfield Shopping Town
1239 Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Fone Zone - Southland
Westfield Shoppingtown
1239 Nepean Hwy
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Optus World - Chelteham
Westfields Southland Shop Centre
1239 Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Optus World - Cheltenham Southland
Westfields Southland Shop Centre
1239 Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Telstra Shop - Cheltenham Southland
Westfield Southland
4 Jamieson Street
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Vodafone - Cheltenham Southland
Southland Shop Centre
Nepean Hwy
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Grays (vic) Pty Limited
19 Hewitt Street
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Vodafone - Cheltenham Southland 2
Southland Shopping Centre
Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Fone Zone - Southland
Westfield Shopping Centre
1239 Nepean Highway
Southland VIC 3192
Allphones - Cheltenham
Westfield Southland
1239 Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Harvey Norman - Southland
Westfield Shopping Centre
Cnr Nepean & Bay Roads
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Vodafone - Myer Southland
1156 Nepean Highway
Cheltenham VIC 3192
Anz Bank Beaumaris
338 Balcombe Road
Beaumaris VIC 3193
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.
