MobileMuster: The official recycling program of the Australian mobile phone industry

Year in which the MobileMuster program began with an aim to keep old mobiles out of landfill and to recycle them in a safe, secure and ethical way.

of mobile phone components have been collected and recycled since the start of the program. This includes 10.86 million handsets and batteries, weighing 348 tonnes and 290 tonnes respectively, plus more than 606 tonnes of accessories.

Number of mobile phone in service in Australia as of June 2014 (www.acma.gov.au).

of Australians keep their mobile phones for 2 years or more.

of people choose to keep, sell or give away their old mobile phones.

Currently, the number of people who throw their mobiles into a bin.

Currently, the number of people who recycle their old mobile has grown over the past decade.

of the materials in mobile phones, batteries and chargers collected by MobileMuster were recovered during 2013-14.

reduction in the need to mine precious metal ore through the resource recovery. Overall environmental benefits from the recovery program are equivalent to keeping 2,799 cars off the road or planting 60,645 trees or preventing 9,984 tonnes of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions.

invested by the industry in support of the program to date.