Wednesday, June 07, 2006
City biz sector to hold recycling event, June 10
BELIEVING that environment plays a vital role in spurring development, businessmen in Davao City spearheaded by the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCI) will hold the collection of recyclables on June 10 at the SM City Carpark.
DCCCI president Bienvenido Cariaga said the event is the business sector's own way in showing deep concern to the environment.
The project is in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the City Government of Davao.
Studies showed that paper recycling saves up to 54 percent in energy use, plastic recycling saves petroleum and landfill space, aluminum recycling reduces water pollution by up to 70 percent, car battery recycling prevents lead and battery electrolyte from pollution.
DCCCI welcomes recyclable materials such as newsprint, magazines, old corrugated cartons, PET plastic bottles, aluminum cans, lead acid batteries, used printer inks and toners, and motor oils.
Each of these recyclables has its corresponding price, which the seller could earn just by surrendering them in the said collection area.
"The DCCCI has long been advocating the value of recycling. And for the past years that we've conducted this activity, the business sector has shown a sense of responsibility to the environment," Cariaga said.
Since 2002 until last year, the annual recyclables collection event (RCE) has collected waste with an economic value of more than P1 million.
The said volume of waste, which could have filled landfills, has avoided 913 cubic meters of landfill space or 91 ten-ton dump trucks.
The DCCCI in their assessment said the annual RCE has saved 1,219 trees, recovered 186,959 kilos of lead, treated 34,905 liters of sulfuric acid, recovered 5,120 g of precious metal and 456,060 kilos of base metal, treated 6,852 kilos of toxic substances, recycled 919 kilos of aluminum and 1,495 kilos of PET plastics.
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