Schools Classroom Recycling Challenge

Join the MobileMuster Classroom Recycling Challenge and help raise funds for Zoo Conservation Projects.

This year, MobileMuster is running a Classroom Recycling Challenge to encourage teachers, students, families and their local communities to learn about and engage with mobile recycling, by collecting old and unwanted mobile phones and sending them in for recycling with MobileMuster, between 27 January and 30 September 2026.

Register your classroom to enter now!

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Classes will come together, design a collection box, then collect old mobile phones from their homes and the community, and place them into the box. Once it’s full, head to the MobileMuster collections page, book a collection, and have your phones ready for pickup!

Best of all, MobileMuster will donate funds to our zoo conservation partners for every phone recycled! By participating in the MobileMuster Classroom Recycling Challenge, you will be helping to raise much needed funds for our zoo conservation projects. Read more about these conservation projects here.

The top collecting class from primary and secondary schools will win a unique online and/or in-person zoo experiences for their whole class. And, the collection box judged to have the best design from primary and secondary school will win a $1,000 gift voucher. Email us your design at mobilemuster@amta.org.au.

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Ensure to keep your collected phones safe, locked away, and out of direct sunlight. Do not collect any loose batteries, or phones with swollen batteries. Contact mobilemuster@amta.org.au if you receive these, and keep them separate. You can follow our safety instructions here: Packing – Mobile Muster

The MobileMuster Classroom Recycling Challenge is subject to the MobileMuster School Classroom Recycling Challenge Terms and Conditions at here.

Register your classroom to enter now!

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How to participate

• Check out our educational materials on the Cool.org website, to learn all about mobile recycling.
• Register your classroom as a non-public collection point on the MobileMuster website here.
• As a class, design a collection box for your mobile phones. The best designs will also win a prize! Email us your design at mobilemuster@amta.org.au.
• Collect phones from home, friends and family, and drop them into the collection box throughout the year. You can also ‘Run a muster’ at your school and encourage the school community to recycle their mobile phones and accessories.
• Fill in the ‘Book a Collection’ form on the MobileMuster website, or call 1800 249 113 to finalise your entry into the competition. You can enter multiple times throughout the year, just ensure you have a collection to pick up each time.
  • Instructions on how to package your collection before the courier arrives for the pickup are available here.
• Collections must be received by our recycler before the end of October to be included in the challenge.