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 Kew
176 High Street
Kew VIC 3101
Digital Network Communications - Kew
113 High Street
Kew VIC 3101
St Vincent’s Hospital - St Georges Hospital
238 Cotham Road
Kew VIC 3101
St Vincent’s Hospital - Caritas Christi Hospice
104 Studley Park Road
KEW VIC 3101
Anz Bank Balwyn
288 Whitehorse Road
Balwyn VIC 3103
Jag Communications
423 Whitehorse Road
Balwyn VIC 3103
Battery World - Balwyn
181 Balwyn Road
North Balwyn VIC 3104
Anz Bank Glenferrie
687 Glenferrie Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Crazy Johns Hawthorn
350 Burwood Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Gap Communications
192 Burwood Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Talkworld Pty Ltd
633 Burwood Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Anz - Hawthorn
687 Glenferrie Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Star 21 Pty Ltd
668 Burwood Road
Hawthorn East VIC 3123
3 Shop Burke Rd
793 Burke Rd
Camberwell VIC 3124
Anz Bank Camberwell
614 Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Bowen Street Family Centre
102 Bowen Street
Camberwell VIC 3124
Crazy Johns Camberwell
700 Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Optus World - Camberwell
680 Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Slinkonline Luxury Coffee & Internet Lounge
1230 Toorak Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Telstra Shop - Camberwell
684 Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Vodafone - Camberwell
690 Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Cartridge World - Camberwell
719 Riversdale Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Anz Bank Burwood Toorak Rd
1401 Toorak Road
Burwood VIC 3125
Anz Bank Deakin University Burwood Hwy
Burwood Hwy
Burwood VIC 3125
Anz Bank Ashburton
240 High Street
Ashburton VIC 3147
Cartridge World - Ashwood
519 Warrigal Road
Ashwood VIC 3147
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.
