The Toronto Zoo wants to collect 15K used cell phones to help save the gorillas Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. If you're a functioning member of society in 2021, then chances are you have at least one old cell phone lying around your home collecting dust — and the Toronto Zoo wants you recycle it for a good cause. The Toronto Zoo has been operating the Phone Apes recycling program since 2006, collecting roughly 47,569 cellular devices and $38,055 since its inception 15 years ago, and this year the zoo is aiming to recycle 15,000 more phones to help save the endangered lowland gorillas of the Congo.