7,678 unused electronic devices were received in 2021 in the Reutiliza campaign (Reuse campaign in English). The Kyklos initiative, in conjunction with the technology and telecommunications company Entel and the Centro Inclusivo de Reciclaje (CiR), seeks to contribute to the circular economy and digital inclusion through the restoration of electronic devices to be given to students in vulnerable situations.
Of the total collected, 4,443 are cell phones, 404 tablets, 1,097 CPUs and 1,734 notebooks, which were reviewed to evaluate whether they were repaired or recycled. With this, 1,192 devices have been separated for reconditioning, of which 719 have already been donated to different educational institutions throughout Chile, such as the Italia School, in Los Niches, Curicó; the Niño y Patria Foundation; the Patricio Mekis School, located in Maipú, the Levantemos Chile Foundation, and the UC School of Government, among others.
Meanwhile, the remaining equipment to be restored will be donated to different establishments and institutions, such as the Escuela Valle de Lumaco, where 99% of the students live in vulnerable situations, and the Fundación Familias Mundi Chile, which supports schools with a large proportion of immigrant students who need to continue their studies. Smaller-scale donations will also be made to individuals and small schools that have requested help from the campaign.
“The result of the Reutiliza campaign has been very motivating, as thousands of people throughout the country have donated their unused equipment. This allows, on the one hand, to improve access to technology for children so that they can continue their education in this new reality and, on the other hand, contributes to the circular economy, reducing electronic waste that has the possibility of being reused. As a company we will continue to seek instances that allow us to advance in educating people regarding the relevance of the circular economy in technological devices and also the reduction of the digital divide", said Entel’s Director of Sustainability, Jimena del Valle.
Not only one person has participated in this campaign by handing in their unused devices. Municipalities, schools and companies have also joined in, thus giving a second life to technological devices that had been stored after technology replacement processes.
“At Kyklos we are very proud of the results of this campaign. Not only did we manage to help hundreds of students who need support to continue studying, but we also recovered more than 15 tons of electronic waste, and prevented it from reaching landfills and dumps. All this in the context of the Chile Without Garbage 2040 campaign, which seeks to combine the efforts of different actors in society to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills in our country”, said the executive director of Kyklos, Hernán Hochschild.
CiR and Ingeniería Sin Fronteras are in charge of repairing and reconditioning the devices to be donated and delivered in optimal conditions to be used by students. Those that could not be recovered are recycled to be disposed of correctly, preventing them from polluting the planet.
12 Ene, 2022
7,678 unused electronic devices were received in 2021 in the Reutiliza campaign (Reuse campaign in English). The Kyklos initiative, in conjunction with the technology and telecommunications company Entel and the Centro Inclusivo de Reciclaje (CiR), seeks to contribute to the circular economy and digital inclusion through the restoration of electronic devices to be given to students in vulnerable situations.
Of the total collected, 4,443 are cell phones, 404 tablets, 1,097 CPUs and 1,734 notebooks, which were reviewed to evaluate whether they were repaired or recycled. With this, 1,192 devices have been separated for reconditioning, of which 719 have already been donated to different educational institutions throughout Chile, such as the Italia School, in Los Niches, Curicó; the Niño y Patria Foundation; the Patricio Mekis School, located in Maipú, the Levantemos Chile Foundation, and the UC School of Government, among others.
Meanwhile, the remaining equipment to be restored will be donated to different establishments and institutions, such as the Escuela Valle de Lumaco, where 99% of the students live in vulnerable situations, and the Fundación Familias Mundi Chile, which supports schools with a large proportion of immigrant students who need to continue their studies. Smaller-scale donations will also be made to individuals and small schools that have requested help from the campaign.
“The result of the Reutiliza campaign has been very motivating, as thousands of people throughout the country have donated their unused equipment. This allows, on the one hand, to improve access to technology for children so that they can continue their education in this new reality and, on the other hand, contributes to the circular economy, reducing electronic waste that has the possibility of being reused. As a company we will continue to seek instances that allow us to advance in educating people regarding the relevance of the circular economy in technological devices and also the reduction of the digital divide", said Entel’s Director of Sustainability, Jimena del Valle.
Not only one person has participated in this campaign by handing in their unused devices. Municipalities, schools and companies have also joined in, thus giving a second life to technological devices that had been stored after technology replacement processes.
“At Kyklos we are very proud of the results of this campaign. Not only did we manage to help hundreds of students who need support to continue studying, but we also recovered more than 15 tons of electronic waste, and prevented it from reaching landfills and dumps. All this in the context of the Chile Without Garbage 2040 campaign, which seeks to combine the efforts of different actors in society to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills in our country”, said the executive director of Kyklos, Hernán Hochschild.
CiR and Ingeniería Sin Fronteras are in charge of repairing and reconditioning the devices to be donated and delivered in optimal conditions to be used by students. Those that could not be recovered are recycled to be disposed of correctly, preventing them from polluting the planet.
7,678 unused electronic devices were received in 2021 in the Reutiliza campaign (Reuse campaign in English). The Kyklos initiative, in conjunction with the technology and telecommunications company Entel and the Centro Inclusivo de Reciclaje (CiR), seeks to contribute to the circular economy and digital inclusion through the restoration of electronic devices to be given to students in vulnerable situations.
Of the total collected, 4,443 are cell phones, 404 tablets, 1,097 CPUs and 1,734 notebooks, which were reviewed to evaluate whether they were repaired or recycled. With this, 1,192 devices have been separated for reconditioning, of which 719 have already been donated to different educational institutions throughout Chile, such as the Italia School, in Los Niches, Curicó; the Niño y Patria Foundation; the Patricio Mekis School, located in Maipú, the Levantemos Chile Foundation, and the UC School of Government, among others.
Meanwhile, the remaining equipment to be restored will be donated to different establishments and institutions, such as the Escuela Valle de Lumaco, where 99% of the students live in vulnerable situations, and the Fundación Familias Mundi Chile, which supports schools with a large proportion of immigrant students who need to continue their studies. Smaller-scale donations will also be made to individuals and small schools that have requested help from the campaign.
“The result of the Reutiliza campaign has been very motivating, as thousands of people throughout the country have donated their unused equipment. This allows, on the one hand, to improve access to technology for children so that they can continue their education in this new reality and, on the other hand, contributes to the circular economy, reducing electronic waste that has the possibility of being reused. As a company we will continue to seek instances that allow us to advance in educating people regarding the relevance of the circular economy in technological devices and also the reduction of the digital divide", said Entel’s Director of Sustainability, Jimena del Valle.
Not only one person has participated in this campaign by handing in their unused devices. Municipalities, schools and companies have also joined in, thus giving a second life to technological devices that had been stored after technology replacement processes.
“At Kyklos we are very proud of the results of this campaign. Not only did we manage to help hundreds of students who need support to continue studying, but we also recovered more than 15 tons of electronic waste, and prevented it from reaching landfills and dumps. All this in the context of the Chile Without Garbage 2040 campaign, which seeks to combine the efforts of different actors in society to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills in our country”, said the executive director of Kyklos, Hernán Hochschild.
CiR and Ingeniería Sin Fronteras are in charge of repairing and reconditioning the devices to be donated and delivered in optimal conditions to be used by students. Those that could not be recovered are recycled to be disposed of correctly, preventing them from polluting the planet.