Ransack the Universe
By Ransack
Published on March 12, 2010
Ransack joins Toronto Zoo’s Eco-Cell phone recycling program
SAVE A GORILLA!!
Answer the Call of the Wild: Recycle your Old Cell Phones at Ransack and save a Gorilla!!
Ransack has joined the Toronto Zoo’s Eco-Cell phone recycling program. We are now a drop off location for your old cell phones, pagers, and related accessories.
Coltan is a mineral used in all cell phones, laptops, pagers and other electronic devices. It is currently extracted in the deep forests of the Congo, home to the endangered Lowland Gorillas. The out of control Coltan mining business has led to dramatic reduction of animal habitat and slaughter of apes for illegal bush-meat trade.
By recycling your old phone you’ll be helping to:
- conserve natural resources
- limit toxic electronic waste in landfills
- protect endangered gorillas and other wildlife and their habitats
No donation will go to landfill!! Cell phones that can be refurbished are. Units that have passed their useful life are sent to a Canadian mining group who refine out the useable metal.
In 2009, the Toronto Zoo was the leader out of 175 other zoos, aquariums, and wildlife organizations participating in this program, collecting 4060 units. Let’s make sure we’re #1 again!!
