Kingborough have been recognised as Tasmania’s leading mobile phone recyclers, taking out MobileMuster’s 2025-26 mobile recycling award.
Acting Mayor Christian Street said this award is a credit to the Kingborough community.
“By recycling 671 mobile phones and their components, residents have helped reduce waste, recover valuable resources and demonstrate that small actions can make a big difference for our environment.”
Kingborough residents recycled more than half a tonne of mobile phones and accessories over the past five years, diverting 544.3 kilograms of e-waste from landfill and securing the municipality’s position as Tasmania’s top-performing council for long-term mobile phone recycling.
Launceston recorded the second-highest result in Tasmania, collecting 296.1 kilograms over the same period, while the City of Burnie placed third with 44.98 kilograms.
MobileMuster’s Head of Sustainability and Social Impact, Helen Maisano, said the results were a chance to celebrate communities making mobile phone recycling part of their routine.
“It’s great to see Councils across Australia and their communities getting behind MobileMuster, and there’s definitely room for a little friendly competition,” Ms Maisano said.
“The leaderboard might be fun, but the impact is real.
“More than 95 per cent of a phone’s materials can be recovered through MobileMuster’s recycling process and used again, reducing the need for newly mined resources.”
For those hesitant to part with an old phone because of concerns about personal information, Ms Maisano said MobileMuster provided a secure way to recycle unwanted devices.
“We encourage people to back up their information and factory reset their phone where they can, and any data remaining on a device is destroyed when it is recycled.”
Mobile phones can be recycled at the Barretta Waste and Recycling Centre, Bruny Island Waste and Recycling Centre, and through the recycling units are installed at the Kingborough Council Civic Centre and the Kingborough Sports Centre.
For more information, visit www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/services/waste-recycling/recycling/ or www.mobilemuster.com.au