MANILA, Philippines - Manila Water recently spearheaded a company-wide recycling activity dubbed “Junk for Joy Level Up†among employees as part of its overall effort to help preserve the environment.
Manila Water operations group director Geodino Carpio said the recycling project promotes the three “Rs†– reduce, reuse and recycle – to protect natural resources and generate funds that would benefit programs of the Manila Water Foundation.
“Junk for Joy Level Up†is an environmental effort among employees of Manila Water in which recyclable materials and electronic wastes were collected and given to GAWAD Cooperative and HMR Envirocycle as the company’s select beneficiaries.
“This is our second year of our “Junk for Joy†campaign in Manila Water where we collected 12,000 kilograms of recyclables equivalent to P58,000. Our efforts this year surpassed our last year’s recyclables with a total of 8,000 kilograms equivalent to P33, 000,†Carpio added.
Through this activity, Manila Water was able to save 162 mature trees from being cut as the company has collected a total of 9,530 kilos of paper.
Aside from this, the company also reduced 41 tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted and saved 26,500 liters of gasoline through collection of 290 million British thermal unit (MBTU) of energy.
Manila Water has also upgraded its recycling campaign with the inclusion of electronic wastes (e-wastes) wherein a total of 666 kilograms of electronic wastes such as batteries, old cartridges among others, were collected by HMR Envirocycle for proper handling.
HMR Envirocycle is a DENR-accredited hauler and treater of e-wastes.
Carpio further explained that Manila Water included e-wastes since they contain hazardous wastes which pose hazards to health and environment when improperly disposed.