Jane Goodall, Apple team up to encourage tech recycling

Dr. Jane Goodall sat down with ABC News Live to discuss her latest efforts to encourage people to recycle their iPhones/

After decades of work fighting to save African animals, Jane Goodall is turning her attention to the environmental and political impact left on technology.

The anthropologist spoke with ABC News' Linsey Davis Tuesday about her recent partnership with Apple to encourage customers to recycle their devices. Goodall said reusing the metals and chemicals inside a phone, tablet or computer goes a long way to reduce peoples' carbon footprint and will cut down on unnecessary mineral mining around the world.

"So many businesses are just ramping forward and not caring about the long-term environmental protection as much as short-term profit. Yes, people need to make money, but it is possible to make money without destroying the planet," Goodall told ABC News. "We've gone so far in destroying the planet that it's shocking."

Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, told ABC News that an iPhone contains more than 100 chemicals.