Mobile phones can go to Ku ring gai council & libraries - when a phone is recycled the Autistic Centre receives $3-5 donation. Phones that can be reused are sent to developing countries with active sim cards destroyed prior.
The council also takes:
Printer cartirdges
and remote controls
plantark www.recyclingnearyou.com.au takes computers, x-rays, cooking oils
then there are Vinnies, Salvos
unwanted or out of date medicines can go to pharmacies
matresses can be recycled at dreamsafe
take fluro globes to IKEA
Any other places to recycle?