Recycling In The Philippines

Did you know that in just 4 months, through the monthly waste markets, we have:

Saved 262 trees from being turned into pulp

Diverted a total volume of 112.96 cu m of landfill space (equivalent to TWELVE 10-wheeler dumptrucks)

Recovered

- 6,341.25 kilos of lead;
- 1, 268.25 kilos of sulphuric acid for treatment
- 4,344 kilos of potential base materials
- 543 grams of potential precious metals
- 45 kilos of aluminum
- 470 kilos of PET plastics
- 1,283 kilos of other plastics

And shelled out a total amount of Php 239,875.90 for recyclables

Thanks for making this happen!

To continue with these efforts, we will be holding the first Monthly Waste Market for the year in Makati City. You may dispose your office and household junk on January 12, 2007 at the Goldcrest parking lot (beside Anson's and Rapide) from 8am until 3pm.

You may sell/dispose the following items at the waste market:

Non-traditional wastes

Used acid-lead batteries and rechargeable lamps

Junk electronic and electrical equipment and appliances

* CPU (complete/incomplet e/case) and monitors
* Printers, scanners, fax, etc
* Motherboards, PC/telecom cards, printer/med grade boards, hard disk, power/ monitor boards
* old/obsolete/ broken Betamax, VHS, DVD players
* Microwave ovens, toasters
* Electric fans
* other office and household equipment and appliances

Empty ink/toner printer cartridges, dot matrix ribbon cartridges

Damaged CDs, VCDs, VHS, betamax and radio cassette tapes

Busted tiboli (Christmas) lights

Used oil (for registration - do not bring to the area)

Styrofoam (polystyrene) and other packaging materials (for donation)

Cellphone and cellphone batteries (for donation only)

Traditional Waste

Used paper and cartons (newspapers, komiks, notebooks, reports, old test papers, phone directories, etc)

damaged/broken plastic furniture, containers, bottles, etc. (anything plastic!)

Aluminum and tin cans (soda/food cans)

You can also exchange these traditional waste items to new products! Used paper/cartons for double-ply tissues, plastics or aluminum cans for plastic hangers...

These events are organized to help promote recycling in the Philippines. Also, by selling your junk or still useful waste to accredited recyclers, we lessen the amount of trash that go directly to landfills or illegal dumping/recycling. What better way to dispose of your junk at the same time help protect our environment?

Please mark your calendars for other waste market events near your area:

Alabang - Every third Friday of the month at the Alabang Town Center Parking Lot, infront of St. Jerome's Church

Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City - Every 2nd Saturday of the month of every quarter (Feb 10, May 12, August 11, Nov 10), exact venue to be announced.

Also watch out for the waste markets in QC and Pasig City. Schedule and venue to be announced.

These events are organized by Philippine Business for the Environment, Ayala Foundation, National Solid Waste Management Commission and DENR. In collaboration with the local government units of the participating cities and management/administration of host venues.

For inquiries, please contact 752-1084/1178 (Adel/Tin/Jess) or 635-3670/2651 (Nancy).

DON'T BE A JUNKIE!!! Kick the habit of throwing away still useful materials.