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9 million Australians have trusted us to recycle their old phones.
MobileMuster is a free, not for profit recycling program that is voluntarily funded by the Australian telecommunications industry, and managed by the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA).
With us, you can safely and securely recycle your old, broken mobile phones, chargers,
and accessories easily from home, or at one of our drop-off locations near you. And your data is safe – it is completely destroyed in the recycling process.
Thinking about recycling your old mobile?
Here’s what happens…
What we accept
Mobiles
Chargers
Accessories
At select Optus, Telstra, and Vodafone stores, we also accept modems, home landline phones, TV streaming devices, smart speakers, smart digital hubs (such as Apple, Amazon, Google products), smartwatches and tracking tags (such as Apple, Amazon, Google products)
Recycling
Transforming electronic waste into
valuable materials
Repair
Extend the life of your phone through
repair
Reuse
Trade it in, donate it or use it as a music
player!
Our achievements
In 2024-25, we collected 171 tonnes of e-waste for recycling, which had the equivalent benefit of:
Reducing global warming
by 480 tonnes of CO2 emissions
74 years of energy saving for a household
Planting 7,938 trees