You can probably name a long list of items that can be recycled – milk bottles, tin cans, glass jars, cardboard…. but would you think to add your mobile phone to that list? What about other tech items? Not only can mobile phones be recycled, it is very important...
Can you imagine your life without a smartphone? That could be the reality if people continue to regularly upgrade their smartphones and throw away their old mobile phones. Why? Smartphones are made up of over 20 different metals, but some of these materials could run...
With 15,000km of coastlines and 452,000km of rivers and streams, you’re never far from the water in New Zealand. Whether its at the beach, river or lake, most Kiwis spend their summer holiday in, on or near some of our great coastlines or waterways. Protecting New...
Most people would be stoked to find a brand-new mobile phone sitting under the tree for them this Christmas. If you are giving someone a mobile phone as a Christmas present this year, encourage them to recycle their current one with RE:MOBILE. By doing so, a mobile...
We all know that gold is precious – it makes expensive jewellery and valuable medals – but did you know that gold is a vital component of your mobile phone? Gold is used in the circuit boards of mobile phones and other electronic devices because it is chemically...
New Zealand’s waterways will benefit from the thousands of Kiwis who have recycled their mobile phones in the past year. RE:MOBILE, a not-for-profit mobile phone recycling scheme which is managed by the TCF, has raised over $25,000 for charity partner, Sustainable...
With three Samsung Galaxy S10 mobile phones up for grabs, hundreds of Kiwis dug out their old mobile phones and posed them for #cellfies. These #cellfies (photos of cellphones) were posted on Facebook and Instagram throughout October to be counted as entries in our...
New Zealanders are being encouraged to recycle their unwanted mobile phones with RE:MOBILE in support of International E-Waste Day. Monday 14 October is the second annual International E-Waste Day and RE:MOBILE, New Zealand’s only accredited mobile phone recycling...
Rio Olympic Games medallist Eliza McCartney is no ordinary person, but she has a very ordinary problem – what to do with her old mobile phones? Eliza admits that until recently her old mobile phones have been sitting at home in a drawer because she didn’t know what to...
How many old mobile phones do you have lying around at home? Sixty-nine percent of New Zealand households say they have at least one unconnected mobile phone. This means there is more than 1,217,919 unconnected mobile phones gathering dust in drawers and cupboards in...
