Toronto Zoo is hosting an E-Waste Collection at the Zoo on Saturday, April 27 & Sunday, April 28, 2019 9:30am – 3:00pm. This is a FREE event as the collection will be set up outside the gate and no admission is required.
Over 50 million tonnes of e-waste is produced every year and only 15-20% of it is recycled properly! The remaining electronics are sent directly to the landfill. Electronics are valuable and potentially hazardous materials that need
to be recycled properly.
to be recycled properly.
All donations from the event are in support of PhoneApes and will be responsibly recycled in Ontario.
The Zoo will be accepting a number of electronics including monitors, TVs, computers, notebooks, servers, wire, aluminum, keyboards, mice, electronic scrap, small appliances, laptops, tablets, iPods, radios and, of course, cellphones.