The Need for Conservation

All of Africa’s great apes are endangered or critically endangered. Habitat destruction has drastically affected primate populations throughout Africa and the hunting of primates has made much of their remaining habitat unsafe. If these activities are not changed, we may lose our closest relatives forever.

What We Can Do Together: Cell Phone Recycling

To aid in conservation efforts, the Pittsburgh Zoo partners with the Gorilla SAFE program, which gathers donations of used cell phones and small electronics to recycle through ECO-CELL. Recycling old phones and other small electronics (with or without their associated cords and cables) like tablets, smart watches, digital cameras, and handheld gaming devices directly raises money through the Gorilla SAFE program for initiatives that help to protect and study gorillas all around the world.

The year-round drop-off box here at the Zoo is located at the bottom of the escalators near the front gate.