Encourage the practice of recycling in the population, is what Recyclápolis Foundation and Entel seek to promote, which today kicked off the campaign “Reciclaje electrónico para Chile” (in English “Electronic Recycling for Chile”) in the city of Arica.
The goal of this initiative is to promote electronic recycling practices through the deployment of 25 containers, each with a capacity of 360 liters, in various parts of the city, such as educational centers and public and municipal institutions.
“For Entel, the development of the country and care for the environment go hand in hand, so our responsibility goes beyond our operations. That is why we want to connect Chileans with recycling and responsibility for their waste, so that future generations can live in a more sustainable country”, said Patricia Muñoz, Entel’s Director of Sustainability and Communities.
The containers will be used to collect electronic waste in the following categories: cell phones and accessories (cables, chargers, headphones, etc.), printer ink cartridges and compact discs.
“For us this initiative is key, because we are moving towards a circular economy, which invites us to recycle, reduce and reuse. Today we are taking an important step by placing recycling containers at various points in Arica to move towards this approach. We value this joint initiative of Entel and the Recyclápolis Foundation and we as a municipality are available to continue working on this type of action”, said the mayor of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola.
Fernando Nilo, founder of the Recyclápolis Foundation, commented: “Today we are pleased to begin the tenth stage of our electronic recycling campaign for Chile here in the city of Arica. Thanks to this initiative is that the municipality of Arica, an area of important valleys in the agricultural production of the country, Azapa and Lluta, is more sustainable than yesterday. All this with the support of our strategic ally Entel, the sponsorship of the Municipality of Arica and the collaboration of Masisa and Recycla Chile. This is why I invite you to continue working on the sustainable Chile that we all yearn for”.
Thanks to this initiative, which so far has been carried out in the regions of Tarapacá, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitan, O’Higgins, Biobío, Araucanía and Los Ríos, more than 11 tons of electronic waste have already been collected.
After Arica, in 2017 this campaign will be replicated in more regions of the country, with the intention of ending the year with the deployment of electronic recycling containers throughout Chile.
The operator Recycla will be in charge of removing the electronic waste collected in the containers and its proper disposal or recycling, as appropriate.
5 Oct, 2017
Encourage the practice of recycling in the population, is what Recyclápolis Foundation and Entel seek to promote, which today kicked off the campaign “Reciclaje electrónico para Chile” (in English “Electronic Recycling for Chile”) in the city of Arica.
The goal of this initiative is to promote electronic recycling practices through the deployment of 25 containers, each with a capacity of 360 liters, in various parts of the city, such as educational centers and public and municipal institutions.
“For Entel, the development of the country and care for the environment go hand in hand, so our responsibility goes beyond our operations. That is why we want to connect Chileans with recycling and responsibility for their waste, so that future generations can live in a more sustainable country”, said Patricia Muñoz, Entel’s Director of Sustainability and Communities.
The containers will be used to collect electronic waste in the following categories: cell phones and accessories (cables, chargers, headphones, etc.), printer ink cartridges and compact discs.
“For us this initiative is key, because we are moving towards a circular economy, which invites us to recycle, reduce and reuse. Today we are taking an important step by placing recycling containers at various points in Arica to move towards this approach. We value this joint initiative of Entel and the Recyclápolis Foundation and we as a municipality are available to continue working on this type of action”, said the mayor of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola.
Fernando Nilo, founder of the Recyclápolis Foundation, commented: “Today we are pleased to begin the tenth stage of our electronic recycling campaign for Chile here in the city of Arica. Thanks to this initiative is that the municipality of Arica, an area of important valleys in the agricultural production of the country, Azapa and Lluta, is more sustainable than yesterday. All this with the support of our strategic ally Entel, the sponsorship of the Municipality of Arica and the collaboration of Masisa and Recycla Chile. This is why I invite you to continue working on the sustainable Chile that we all yearn for”.
Thanks to this initiative, which so far has been carried out in the regions of Tarapacá, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitan, O’Higgins, Biobío, Araucanía and Los Ríos, more than 11 tons of electronic waste have already been collected.
After Arica, in 2017 this campaign will be replicated in more regions of the country, with the intention of ending the year with the deployment of electronic recycling containers throughout Chile.
The operator Recycla will be in charge of removing the electronic waste collected in the containers and its proper disposal or recycling, as appropriate.
Encourage the practice of recycling in the population, is what Recyclápolis Foundation and Entel seek to promote, which today kicked off the campaign “Reciclaje electrónico para Chile” (in English “Electronic Recycling for Chile”) in the city of Arica.
The goal of this initiative is to promote electronic recycling practices through the deployment of 25 containers, each with a capacity of 360 liters, in various parts of the city, such as educational centers and public and municipal institutions.
“For Entel, the development of the country and care for the environment go hand in hand, so our responsibility goes beyond our operations. That is why we want to connect Chileans with recycling and responsibility for their waste, so that future generations can live in a more sustainable country”, said Patricia Muñoz, Entel’s Director of Sustainability and Communities.
The containers will be used to collect electronic waste in the following categories: cell phones and accessories (cables, chargers, headphones, etc.), printer ink cartridges and compact discs.
“For us this initiative is key, because we are moving towards a circular economy, which invites us to recycle, reduce and reuse. Today we are taking an important step by placing recycling containers at various points in Arica to move towards this approach. We value this joint initiative of Entel and the Recyclápolis Foundation and we as a municipality are available to continue working on this type of action”, said the mayor of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola.
Fernando Nilo, founder of the Recyclápolis Foundation, commented: “Today we are pleased to begin the tenth stage of our electronic recycling campaign for Chile here in the city of Arica. Thanks to this initiative is that the municipality of Arica, an area of important valleys in the agricultural production of the country, Azapa and Lluta, is more sustainable than yesterday. All this with the support of our strategic ally Entel, the sponsorship of the Municipality of Arica and the collaboration of Masisa and Recycla Chile. This is why I invite you to continue working on the sustainable Chile that we all yearn for”.
Thanks to this initiative, which so far has been carried out in the regions of Tarapacá, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitan, O’Higgins, Biobío, Araucanía and Los Ríos, more than 11 tons of electronic waste have already been collected.
After Arica, in 2017 this campaign will be replicated in more regions of the country, with the intention of ending the year with the deployment of electronic recycling containers throughout Chile.
The operator Recycla will be in charge of removing the electronic waste collected in the containers and its proper disposal or recycling, as appropriate.