Globe Project 1 Phone: Cool Noon, School Ngayon!

Nowadays, the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology and it has no signs of slowing down anytime soon! With this, it means more and more gadgets will become available to us and more and more Filipinos will upgrade their devices.

With this fast paced technology, we tend to abandon our old gadgets and worse, throw them in trash together with other junk. These obsolete and unwanted electronic and electrical devices add up to millions of metric tons of e-waste disposed worldwide every year which could cause toxic metal leaks like lead, mercury, cadmium, and beryllium. These will eventually be released into the air and seep into the ground and waterways.

Now, how do we solve the e-waste dilemma? The solution is to put your old phones to good use instead of throwing it out.

Globe leads the country’s biggest and most ambitious mobile recycling program—Project 1 Phone. By donating just one unused, non-working or damaged phone, tablet, phone battery, or even an old personal computer to Project 1 Phone, each Filipino can do his share in minimizing the environmental impact of e-waste and countering its harmful effects.

Globe also makes it easy for its customers and other stakeholders to participate in the drive by providing donation bins in participating Globe Stores in various parts of the country.

Schools, corporations, local government units, and other private and non-government organizations may also participate in the program by adopting recycle bins. Interested parties may email Globe at bridgecom@globe.com.ph.

All devices and accessories that Globe will gather shall be turned over to TES-AMM, a leading electronics waste recycler which will take responsibility for at end-of-life products to ensure that they are managed responsibly.

TES-AMM will, likewise, work on recovering precious metals and plastics from the recycled gadgets. Globe has committed to build at least 40 school buildings in the province of Aklan and proceeds of Project 1 Phone will be used to add to the said number since hundreds of classrooms are still needed in the area.

 For the complete list of participating stores, please visit the Globe Telecom website www.globe.com.ph/project1phone.