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Taronga and Taronga Western Plains Zoos are 'calling' on people to recycle their old mobile phones to help save one of our closest living relatives. A rare mineral ore called coltan, found in mobile phones, is mined in Gorilla habitat. The mining is accelerating the decline in Western Lowland Gorilla numbers and at least 10 other African primate species.

By simply recycling an old mobile phone, the pressure on gorilla habitat is reduced and money raised from refurbished mobile phones supports conservation projects in Africa.

By sending your old phone through the free They're Calling on You mobile phone recycling program you are:

• Diverting your phone from landfill
• Raising money for the Taronga Foundation and the Jane Goodall Institute's conservation programs, including primate conservation work in Africa, through the sale of refurbished phones and recycled coltan.
• Reducing the demand for coltan mining by recycling the coltan-coated capacitor in your old mobile phone.

Recycle your mobile:

• As a visitor

  Visit Taronga or Taronga Western Plains Zoos to collect a postage-paid recycling satchel and send your mobile phone to the Aussie Recycling Program. At Taronga the satchels are available at Zoo entrance/exits, the Information Centre, shops and at the gorilla and chimpanzee exhibits. For more information, please contact Simon Duffy, on sduffy@zoo.nsw.gov.au

• As a business

  Encourage your workplace to recycle mobile phones. Aussie Recycling Program offers a free courier service for packages of 16 phones or more. Follow these 4 simple steps to raise awareness and start collecting. For more information please contact foundation@zoo.nsw.gov.au.

• As a School

  Help Taronga Conservation Society Australia raise funds for Gorilla conservation projects in Africa! Follow these 4 simple steps to register, raise awareness and start collecting. For more information please contact Nikki Bodel on (02) 9932 4343 or nbodel@zoo.nsw.gov.au.

• As an individual or family - Download the

  Label instructions (PDF)

  And

  Reply Paid Labels (PDF)

  and send your phones to the Aussie Recycling Program.

For more information, please contact:

Simon Duffy
Precinct Manager, Exotic Animals
(02) 99784768
Email: sduffy@zoo.nsw.gov.au