This year the Water
Directorate and LGSA are offering all Water
Management Conference attendees a chance to support the
important work of WaterAid Australia by donating their old
mobile phones to charity.
WaterAid
Australia, in partnership with the Aussie Recycling Program,
has established a mobile phone recycling scheme. The scheme
helps people dispose of their old mobile phones, whilst benefiting
both the environment and those in the developing world. All
old mobile phones collected are sent to the Aussie Recycling
Program to be repaired and sold in developing countries or
the parts are recycled environmentally. For every complete
handset, a $5 donation is made to WaterAid.
WaterAid
is an international aid agency dedicated to helping some of
the world's poorest people set up, operate and maintain their
own water and sanitation facilities, and to learn about the
association good hygiene practices.
A
mobile phone donation box will be located at the registration
desk. So if you have an old mobile phone and was going to
throw it out – remember don’t dump it, donate
it!
