Here’s How To Do Your Bit For The Environment & Dispose Of Your Old Phone Responsibly

If you’re the kind of person who gets hyped about every new generation of smartphone (same), you’ve probably got a bunch of old phones lying around the house.

You know the ones – you don’t use them anymore, but you don’t throw them out, because you’re pretty sure you heard that phones can be recycled but you can’t remember the details.

Lucky for us, it’s actually really, super, drop-it-in-a-box-and-forget-about-it simple to recycle your old phone. Meet MobileMuster, the program that takes your old device and recycles everything inside, from the battery to the screen.

MobileMuster is the recycling program of the Australian mobile phone industry. It partners with all the big brands to make sure old phones don’t get wasted.

Here’s a fun fact about landfill, because I know you’re into that: phones aren’t biodegradable, so when they’re thrown into general waste bins, they don’t break down. That said, most of us aren’t throwing them away, but storing them in our homes. However, there are a lot of valuable materials inside our old phones that are perfect for making new products. Instead of your old phone being locked away, MobileMuster recycles them to recover the materials that can make everything from plastic pallets and glass bottles to new electronics and batteries.

All you have to do is find your nearest MobileMuster drop-off point from more than 3500 collection points across Australia. You can drop off any brand and model of mobile phone, including their batteries, chargers, and accessories.

If you can’t get to a drop-off point, you can request a postage-paid mailing label online and use it to send your old phone to MobileMuster for free. That’s even easier than helping your mum set up a new phone.

MobileMuster has recycled more than 13 million phones and batteries to date, and every phone helps to avoid future greenhouse gas emissions, save energy, protect the environment and conserve natural resources.

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Recycle at your local mobile phone retail store. Visit MobileMuster for details. Do something good for tomorrow. Recycle your old mobile today.

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