You can now request for an envelope from any Singtel Shop and Singtel Exclusive Retailer outlets, and Post Offices, which you can use to mail your mobile device and accessories for recycling for free.

This service, a new nationwide E-waste Recycling Programme called "ReCYCLE", was started in conjunction with World Environmental Day on June 5 by Singtel and Singapore Post.

This programme brings greater convenience to recycling unwanted electronic devices, also known as e-waste.

Some examples of e-waste are mobile phones and chargers, laptops and tablets, modems and routers, and other related accessories like lithium batteries and cables.

And there is no need to worry about privacy concerns because all storage media devices like SIM cards, memory cards, USB flash drives and hard disks will undergo a crushing process for secure destruction, in partnership with a NEA-licensed company, Cimelia.

Almost 100 percent of the materials such as plastic, glass and metals in your mobile phone can be recovered and recycled as secondary raw materials to make new products.

Otherwise, e-waste that is thrown away, including all the precious metals that it contains, will be incinerated and become landfill in Pulau Semakau.

That will truly be a waste.

More e-waste collection bins will also be located at these Singtel Shop and Singtel Exclusive Retailer outlets and Post Offices as part of this new initiative:

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