71,627, that's how many mobile phones have been diverted from landfill this year.

The Telecommunications Forum has been running their re-mobile scheme since 2014, diverted almost a million phones since then.

The nationwide shutdown of 3G is leaving a large number of mobile phones obsolete, so many people are looking to get rid of their phones.

TCF Chief Executive Paul Brislen told Andrew Dickens that, 'if they can be reused, we get them recycled.'

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71,627, that's how many mobile phones have been diverted from landfill this year.
The Telecommunications Forum has been running their re-mobile scheme since 2014, diverted almost a million phones since then.
The nationwide shutdown of 3G is leaving a large number of mobile phones obsolete, so many people are looking to get rid of their phones.
TCF Chief Executive Paul Brislen told Andrew Dickens that, 'if they can be reused, we get them recycled.'
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Paul Brislen: TCF Chief Executive discusses 71,000 phones diverted from landfill this year

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