DRC: Cellphones Are Still Endangering Gorillas, but Recycling Old Ones Can Help

Jan 17, 2019 | Tina Deines, Mongabay
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You probably use it every day and don’t think once about gorillas. In today’s world, it’s almost impossible to get by without a mobile phone, but they’re wreaking havoc for these primates. The critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla has lost 77 percent of its population in the last 20 years, partly due to the mining of minerals used to make cellphones.