Recycle your Mobiles for National Recycling Week 2015
(insert organisations name) is celebrating National Recycling Week 2015 by seeing how many
mobile phones we can collect in our MobileMuster collection units. Simply bring in your old
mobile phones, batteries and accessories and place them in the (insert details of collection
points). It’s that easy!
By recycling you will not only be keeping mobiles out of landfill but you will be helping an
Australian family in need. MobileMuster is supporting the Salvations Army Christmas Appeal
by giving $2 for every kilo of mobile phones and accessories recycled in December and
January.
Last year MobileMuster collected more than 13 tonnes of old mobiles and accessories and
gave $26 802 to the Salvation’s Army Christmas Appeal. These funds meant the Salvos
could give out 446 Christmas hampers to families in need. This year with your help we are
hoping to even better.
As the official product stewardship program for the mobile phone industry, MobileMuster’s
mission is simple: Keep mobile phones out of landfill.
Did you know that:
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Over 90% of the materials used in mobiles are recyclable
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These materials can be used to make everything from plastic fence posts to stainless
steel products
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Mobiles should never be thrown out. They’re not biodegradable, and may contain
some potentially environmentally hazardous material
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Recycling 50,000 handsets can replace the need to mine 110 tonnes of gold ore, 123
tonnes of silver bearing ore or 11 tonnes of copper sulphide ore.
What happens to them?
Our promise to you is ensuring that each and every mobile and accessory received by
MobileMuster is dismantled and recycled in an environmentally sound way. Any data left on
the handset is destroyed in the process. None are sold for reuse.
To find out more information about what happens to your phones visit mobilemuster.com.au