M. Lhuillier donates old mobile phones

CEBU, Philippines - In celebration of the environment month, leading non-bank financial services provider M. Lhuillier donated 222 old mobile phones, batteries and chargers to Globe Telecom recycling program to help promote proper e-waste disposal and educate the public about the potential environmental harm of improperly disposed electronic gadgets.

This also coincided with Globe Telecom’s two-day recyclables collection event which encouraged employees to convert their trash to cash for a clutter-free environment.

Proceeds from both activities will go to the protection of the Philippine tarsier and its habitat through the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Inc., the primary beneficiary of the recycling program.

“We decided to participate in this program as we support a better and cleaner process of disposing the defective units to protect the environment for the future generation,” said MLFSI’s Executive Vice President, Mr. Charles L. Lhuillier.  The old cellular phones and accessories were used as service units of M. Lhuillier branches.

“Being a company committed to environment sustainability, Globe takes environmental protection as a priority consideration.  We continuously create initiatives as part of our commitment to care for our planet such as energy management, reduction of greenhouse emissions and waste recycling.  This program, should serve as a reminder to everyone on the importance of responsible disposal of old mobile phones and its impact on the environment,” said Yoly C. Crisanto, Head of Globe Corporate Communications.

Aside from preventing environment pollution, recycling also has other benefits since precious metals and plastics are recovered from re-manufacture.  By recycling, less energy is used than mining virgin metals and producing virgin plastics.  It also saves on landfill space.

So far, a total of 3,850 mobile phone have already been collected nationwide and about P500,000 was donated to the Foundation. (FREEMAN)