Over 16 million is the estimated number of mobile phones stored in cupboards and drawers all over Australia. 31% of mobile phone users have 2 or more old mobiles at home. 70% have 1 old mobile at home. If you are one of them you can now drop your old phones into Urban Grind and we will organise to have them sent off to MobileMuster for recycling.
Over 90% of the materials in mobile phones can be recovered and used as raw materials for new products.
MobileMuster give some pretty good reasons for recycling electronics:
- prevent pollution and protect our environment
- minimise solid and hazardous waste going to landfill
- recover resources to manufacture new products
- reduce the need to use raw materials and save our natual resources
Here is another very good reason: Conflict Metals
