BENILDE INITIATIVE
Center for Built Environment and Logistics
The Center for Built Environment and Logistics (CBEL) is the office in charge of maintaining the facilities and managing the waste output of the Benilde campuses. You can find them at Greenway Square, Taft Campus.
Donate Your Recyclable Materials
Better than throwing your recyclable waste in the correct segregation bin, you can donate them every first Friday of the month at the following drop-off points:
TAFT CAMPUS: MFC Gate.
D+A CAMPUS: Basement Parking,
Muñoz Gate.
AKIC CAMPUS: Estrada Gate.
ATRIUM CAMPUS: Basement Parking near the Exit Ramp.
The collected recyclables are sold to Benilde’s external partners, and the acquired funds are used in supporting the college’s scholars. So, you’d be helping the environment and your fellow students— it’s hitting two birds with one stone! But don’t hit birds, that’s not very environmentally friendly.
These are the recyclable materials that you can donate: cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, newspapers, aluminum / tin cans.
DON'T WASTE WASTE
The Plastic Flamingo
The Plastic Flamingo (PLAF) is a local social enterprise that was founded by the Lesage family in 2018, after their eyes were opened to the reality of plastic pollution while cycling from France to Cambodia on their honeymoon. Quite the origin story, we know.
The PLAF is dedicated to “reducing plastic pollution with maximum impact.” They recover and accept donations of plastic waste, which they recycle into new materials like ecoboards, coasters, and even furniture.
You even get a chance to win raffle prizes by donating! Need we say more? Hurry on to one of the following drop-off points to donate:
- The Plaf Warehouse
- Ayala U.P. Town Center
- Decathlon Pasig - Tiendesitas
- Decathlon Masinag
- Decathlon Alabang
- Jollibee WSK Fairview QC
- Jollibee WSK Metro Plaza Caloocan
- Jollibee WSK Zabarte Caloocan
- Jollibee WSK Susano Complex QC
- Eco-lution Biliran Province
- Eco Folk PH Bacolod
- Market! Market! Live Booth
Humble Sustainability
Electronics is one of those things where, if they get old or break, you don’t really know what to do with them. But they can also be given a new life, too!
Humble Sustainability is a local organization with a vision to “bring back 1 billion electronics into circularity.” They accept your unused IT equipment, and work with you on a plan to sell them to B2B resellers, recyclers, and refurbishers. Prizing transparency, they also send you a report on what happens to the equipment after they’re sold.
BUY SUSTAINABILITY
Papemelroti
If you’re into stationery, you’ve probably heard of Papemelroti. They’re a local business that has been selling notebooks, cards, and other knick-knacks all made out of recycled paper, reclaimed wood, and other sustainable materials since 1967. They partner with local artisans to keep local crafts alive!
Biblio
When’s the last time you’ve been in a bookstore? You would be surprised at how expensive the prices are now! Good thing you can buy books for cheap, and help the environment at the same time.
Biblio is a secondhand bookstore offering a range of titles, from romance, fantasy, young adult, to rare vintage editions that were printed back when covers didn’t even have pictures yet!
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