M. Lhuillier celebrates environment month

MANILA, Philippines - In celebration of environment month, M. Lhuillier donated 222 old mobile phones, batteries and chargers to Globe Telecom’s 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.

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. So far, a total of 3,850 mobile phones have already been collected nationwide and about P500,000 was donated to the foundation.