Resource Smart

Did you know that more than 95 per cent of the materials in your mobile phone can be recycled?

• The phones are dismantled and sorted. The batteries are processed to recover cobalt, lithium and nickel, precious metals are recovered from the circuit board, and the plastic cases are processed for recycling.
• The various materials are then used to make products such as new phones, batteries, jewellery, and plastic fencing.

• Mobile phones contain hazardous materials. When in landfill these leach into the environment for years to come. Mobile phones should not go in your garbage bin. 

   

  You can drop your old phone for recycling at:

• Merri-bek Civic Centre, 90 Bell Street, Coburg
• Brunswick Customer Service Centre, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
• Glenroy Customer Service Centre, 50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy