Hoarding old mobile phones is pushing gorillas to the brink of extinction, say conservationists. If ‘conflict’ elements – including gold and coltan – can be recovered from old mobile phones, there is less incentive to mine gorilla habitats for the same minerals.

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Hoarding old mobile phones is pushing gorillas to the brink of extinction, say conservationists. If ‘conflict’ elements – including gold and coltan – can be recovered from old mobile phones, there is less incentive to mine gorilla habitats for the same minerals.