Film-making students address e-waste recycling

This year’s MobileMuster Student Film competition is spreading the word about the importance of recycling e-waste.

With the theme for 2022 being "The Science of Recycling", each student created a one-minute film by using imaginative and often everyday materials, music and imagery.

Films were judged on their relevance to the theme, creativity, technical skills and ability to convey the environmental message.

The winners in each of the four categories were:

Lower Primary (Years 1–4)

Winner: Class 2M, Dudley Public School, NSW

Upper Primary (Years 5–6)

Winner: Euan Sell, PEAC North Metro Education Region, WA

Lower Secondary (Years 7–9)

Winner: Kaiden, Sid, Malachi, Abby, Tamika, Archie, Cody and Liam, Glenwood High School, NSW

Upper Secondary (Years 10–12)

Winner: Sienna Barry, Chancellor State College, Qld

Each winner received a JB Hi-Fi voucher valued at $3000, while finalists took home a $1000 JB Hi-Fi voucher each.

MobileMuster has been helping Australians recycle their mobile phones since 1998, tackling the ever-growing problem of electronic waste. Educating the next generation of environmentally conscious consumers is one of MobileMuster’s core objectives, so in 2019 they launched their national film competition for students of all ages.

MobileMuster encourages consumers to think about the full lifecycle of a mobile phone through repair, reuse and then recycling when they have reached the end of their useful life. The MobileMuster Student Film Competition gives young Australians the chance to explore important messages about looking after the environment, recycling more and at the same time conserving precious resources. The program promises a bigger, better and more exciting competition in 2023.

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