MOBILEMUSTER IN SCHOOLS
Since MobileMuster started its schools program in 2008, over
1,600 schools and more than 1.2 million
students have participated in our Schools Recycling
Challenge activities learning about importance of recycling and
collecting over 10
tonnes old mobiles and
accessories for recycling, including 41,000 mobiles, 58,000
batteries and 5 tonnes of accessories!
Schools
Education Kit - register now to access
- Simply register your school details and
gain access to our online eduction kit including
- Resource Recovery Calculator
- Poster Builder
- 10 learning modules (suitable for years 3 to 10 but can be
easily adapted for the more junior or senior classes)
- History of mobiles phones -
function, size, dematerialising and reducing hazardous
materials
- Mobile phone maths - how many
mobiles have been recycled
- How mobiles are made -
manufacturing process
- What's in a mobile phone -
resources used to make a mobile phone
- Resources Sources - where do all
the raw materials come from to make a mobile phone
- Recovering Resources - why it is
important to recover the resources
- End Products of Recycling
Mobiles - benefits of recycling and consequences of not
recycling
- Recycling Mobile Phones - the
recycling process
- Product Stewardship - what is
it
- How to Run and Review a Muster -
start collecting
Want to start collecting at school?
- Simply register your school details and
we will send you collection boxes and promotional materials to help
you promote your muster as well as gain access to our schools
education kit.
2012 Schools Recycling Challenge results
Thank you to the 200 plus schools from across the country
for collecting more than 5,700 old mobile phones and batteries for
recycling. This means more than 41 kilograms (kgs) of
plastic, 1.4kgs of cadmium, 9.1kgs of aluminium, 500grams of gold
and silver, and 30.4kgs of copper will be recovered and diverted
from landfill.
Congratulations to our National
winners
- Fulham North Primary from Henley
Beach, South Australia for collecting the highest number of mobile
phones
- Smeaton Primary School from
Smeaton, Victoria for collecting the highest number of mobile
phones per student.
Individual school results for
Round 2 and
Overall for 2012
