SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The phones and electronics we use every day are impacting the homes of Chilean Flamingos.

Their habitats are where the lithium used to make rechargeable batteries is mined, but there is also a way for old, unused electronics to help save their home.

The Dickerson Park Zoo is part of AZA Saving Animals From Extinction, and they are expanding their conservation efforts by teaming up with Ecocell to offer a cell phone recycling drop-off box at the zoo.

Joey Powell, PR and Marketing Director with the Dickerson Park Zoo, says that recycling the lithium found in phones and other devices can be reused in other electronics and help fund conservation efforts for these flamingos and their habitat.

"The cell phones go to a company in Louisville. They get the phones ready to be

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