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Gorillas on the Line is an annual electronics recycling challenge hosted by zoos and aquariums. It is designed to raise funds for gorilla conservation and increase public awareness of threats to gorillas, namely habitat loss from the mining of resources used to manufacture electronics.
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Over the past 20 years, the cell phone market has boomed while Grauer’s gorillas have suffered. The wild population has declined by 77%, and only 3,800 gorillas remain. But you can help by replacing your phone and other small electronics only when necessary and recycling them when it’s time for a replacement.
By recycling your phones, you help protect animals like western lowland gorillas that live in areas where cell phone materials are mined.
A direct way for guests and supporters to join the Zoo in making a difference by recycling cell phones. Funds raised go directly to field conservation projects across the globe, including western lowland gorilla studies in the Congo.
Why did we choose ecocell? “Electronic recycling is a complicated industry, and only a company with the right motivations and practices could align with JGI’s mission to protect chimpanzees, and all great apes, as well as the environment we share.”