Peeples Elementary School is currently accepting recycled cell phones to help with a project to save gorillas. Gorilla forest homes in Congo are being destroyed due to the mining of coltan. Coltan is a small substance that is found in cell phones and other small electronic games. So far, the students at Peeples Elementary have collected over 180 cell phones. These collected phones will be fixed and resold to first time users outside of the United States, some will be given to charities, and those that are no longer usable will be recycled.
Anyone can help save the gorillas by recycling your old cell phones. If you would like to help, you may drop off your old cell phones at Peeples Elementary School located at 153 Panther Path, Fayetteville, before the end of March. Peeples students are also competing in a contest through the Zoo Atlanta Call4Gorillas Partner Program. For more information, please contact the school at 770-486-2734 or you may visit the Zoo Atlanta website at http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/green_initiatives/cell_recycling_partners.
