Globe highlights Project 1Phone at TEDxDiliman

MANILA, Philippines - Globe Telecom highlighted its 1Phone Project at the TEDxDiliman 2014, an idea-sharing forum held recently at the University of the Philippines’ School of Economics.

The project is the company’s biggest and most ambitious mobile recycling program and is designed to create awareness on proper e-waste disposal and to promote sustainability.

“Globe values innovation and this is apparent in our Project 1Phone as it seeks to transform lives through proper disposal of old mobile devices,” Globe senior vice president for corporate communications Yoly Crisanto said in a statement.

She said the campaign calls for the donation of unused, non-working or damaged phones and tablets, mobile phone batteries and personal computers.

All devices and accessories that Globe will gather through the campaign will be turned over to TES-AMM, a leading electronics waste recycler. Proceeds from the recycling program will be utilized for the construction of school buildings in Aklan.