What does AMTA regard as the key achievements of the scheme?
Key achievements that make the program a leader in product stewardship of electronic products and unique golablly include: • active involvement and support of the whole industy in a voluntary scheme, • increasing community awareness of mobile phone recycling (79% of people are aware that they can recycle their mobile phones), • collecting more than 647 tonnes of mobile phones, batteries and accessories for recycling, • preventing over 4.43 million batteries and handsets and over 270 tonnes of accessories going into landfill, • a free recycling service for consumers, local councils, businesses, schools and retailers, and • disposal of non-recoverable parts in the least environmentally damaging way.
Key achievements that make the program a leader in product stewardship of electronic products and unique globally include: • active involvement and support of the whole industry in a voluntary scheme, • increasing community awareness of mobile phone recycling (79% of people are aware that they can recycle their mobile phones), • collecting more than 711 tonnes of mobile phones, batteries and accessories for recycling, • preventing over 4.97 million batteries and handsets and over 354 tonnes of accessories going into landfill, • a free recycling service for consumers, local councils, businesses, schools and retailers, and • disposal of non-recoverable parts in the least environmentally damaging way.
