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WNC Nature Center in Asheville annouces Endangered Species Day launches our ongoing partnership with ECO-CELL, which recycles electronics to help protect rainforests. Starting May 20, donate your old/broken items at our Front Entrance Ticket
Office. Bring them this Friday to get some cool swag from Party for the Planet!
Endagered Species Day Eco-Cell Kick Off!
Friday May 20, 2022 is the day! 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Endangered Species Day is tomorrow, and it launches the WNC Nature Center’s ongoing partnership with ECO-CELL, an organization that recycles electronic devices to help protect crucial rainforest habitats. Starting May 20 through the end of the year, you can bring your old or broken electronics to our Front Entrance Ticket Office and donate them to support conservation efforts. Bring them this Friday and get some cool swag from Party for the Planet!
Every year, AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums throw a ‘Party for the Planet’ to encourage people to take action to create healthy habitats for wildlife and humans to thrive together.
Endangered Species Day launches the WNC Nature Center’s ongoing partnership with ECO-CELL, an organization that recycles electronic devices to help protect crucial rainforest habitats. Starting May 20 through the end of the year, you can bring your old, broken, or bedazzled electronics to the Ticket Office at the Front Entrance of the WNC Nature Center and donate them to support conservation efforts.
Accepted items for recycling include cell phones, smartphones, iPhones, iPods, iPads, tablets, Apple/Android watches, bluetooth, tablets, GPS, MP3 players, e-readers, digital cameras, handheld gaming systems and the accessories that come with them.
Electronic devices like tablets and cell phones contain an ore called Coltan, which coats the capacitors inside gadgets to make them energy efficient. This ore is found in great quantities in the Congo, home to the critically endangered gorilla and chimpanzee. Due to Coltan mining in the Congo, the eastern lowland gorilla population has declined 90 percent. Recycling your gadgets with ECO-CELL helps save these animals by reducing the demand for Coltan and providing funds to conservation organizations.
The WNC Nature Center will be donating all proceeds to the Red Wolf Coalition to help protect one of the most endangered canines in the world, the American Red Wolf.
*Regular admission applies
Questions about this event? Email Chrissy at ccochran@ashevillenc.gov for more information!
Wnctimes by Marjorie Farrington
