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:
Gawler Mobile Phones P/l
Shop 1a
Todd Street
Gawler SA 5118
Allphones - Northpark
Shop 4 Northpark Shopping Centre
264 Main North Road
Prospect SA 5118
Allphones - Gawler
140 Murray Street
Gawler SA 5118
Leading Edge Telecommunications - Gawler
118 Murray Street
Gawler SA 5118
Cartridge World - Gawler
Shop 4
71 Murray Street
Gawler SA 5118
Australia Post Willaston Lpo
5 Main North Road
Willaston SA 5118
Gawler Post Shop
6 Todd Street
Gawler SA 5118
Tanunda Post Shop
62 Murray Street
Tanunda SA 5352
The Barossa Council, Tanunda Library
79 Murray Street
Tanunda SA 5352
Office National Barossa
9 Railway Terrace
Nurioopta SA 5355
Network Communications - Nuriootpa
Unit 1
33 Murray Street
Nuriootpa SA 5355
Nuriootpa Post Shop
17 Murray Street
Nuriootpa SA 5355
The Barossa Council, Administration
43 Tanunda Road
Nuriootpa SA 5355
Australia Post Truro Lpo
38 Moorundie St
Truro SA 5356
Australia Post Greenock Lpo
2 Murray Street
Greenock SA 5360
Australia Post Roseworthy Lpo
4 Railway Terrace
Roseworthy SA 5371
Australia Post Freeling Lpo
10 Hanson Street
Freeling SA 5372
Light Regional Council
93 Main Street
Kapunda SA 5373
Australia Post Kapunda Lpo
6264 Main Street
Kapunda SA 5373
Regional Council Of Goyder - Eudunda
25 Bruce Street
Eudunda SA 5374
Australia Post Eudunda Lpo
9 Gunn Street
Eudunda SA 5374
Australia Post Wasleys Lpo
Wasleys General Store & Po
52 Annie Terrace
Wasleys SA 5400
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.
