Recycling at a telco store

Have a ton of unwanted old phones left in a drawer? you're not the only one. Around 75% of us have a old phone in a draw somewhere. If you're ready to let go of it, please make sure to remove and backup your personal data, then erase it. 

There are many places in the local community where you can drop off old phones, carrier shops such as Telstra and Optus offer phone recycling bins, so your old phone can be repurposed, and save mining up more rare earth minerals. Telstra offers an e waste drop off point in their stores that accept Phones, modems, and more!

You can see more information about Telstra here! 

Optus also offers the same program, where you can recycle Phones, modems, batteries, smart watches and more. 

Recycling through Telstra or Optus allows for 95% of materials dropped off, to be recovered and recycled.