Post by account_disabled on Feb 18, 2024 3:46:36 GMT -5
Grupo IMU, a leading company in urban furniture, announced that, through its sustainability and social responsibility program, IMU Recicla, the largest in Latin America open to the general public, has collected 1,300 tons of used batteries in Mexico.
Under the philosophy of making better cities, IMU Group, together with the Government of Mexico City, through the Ministry of the Environment, launched this initiative, 15 years ago, to provide a free service to society by At the same time, it takes care of the environment, preventing tons of used batteries from ending up in open dumps, contaminating the soil, water and air.
This is the guiding axis of the sustainability Middle East Mobile Number List and social responsibility actions of Grupo IMU, the main marketer of advertising spaces in urban furniture in Mexico, whose objective is to contribute and improve the quality of life of the communities where it operates.
According to data from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), used batteries are waste that take between 500 and 1,000 years to decompose, during which time they can contaminate thousands of liters of water, large surfaces of soil and the air. therefore they require special handling.
From 2007 to date we have recycled 1,300 tons of used batteries with the support of the authority. Citizens can join and benefit from this program to avoid having waste in their home by simply separating the used batteries from the rest of the garbage and taking them to the nearest column. We have a commitment to caring for the environment and to society, which is why we support responsible collection and management, so that they can later be delivered to a recycling plant.”
Gerardo Cándano, general director of Grupo IMU.
The event was headed by Marina Robles García, Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City; and also attended by José Fernando Mercado Guaida, Congressman of Mexico City; Claudia Hernández Fernández, General Director of Environmental Policy and Culture Coordination; and Mario Duarte Villarello, director of Environmental Culture of the local government.
To contribute to the responsible management of this waste, the company has installed 400 collection columns on buses in Mexico City, additionally there are collectors in Guadalajara (Jalisco) and Pachuca (Hidalgo.
Under the philosophy of making better cities, IMU Group, together with the Government of Mexico City, through the Ministry of the Environment, launched this initiative, 15 years ago, to provide a free service to society by At the same time, it takes care of the environment, preventing tons of used batteries from ending up in open dumps, contaminating the soil, water and air.
This is the guiding axis of the sustainability Middle East Mobile Number List and social responsibility actions of Grupo IMU, the main marketer of advertising spaces in urban furniture in Mexico, whose objective is to contribute and improve the quality of life of the communities where it operates.
According to data from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), used batteries are waste that take between 500 and 1,000 years to decompose, during which time they can contaminate thousands of liters of water, large surfaces of soil and the air. therefore they require special handling.
From 2007 to date we have recycled 1,300 tons of used batteries with the support of the authority. Citizens can join and benefit from this program to avoid having waste in their home by simply separating the used batteries from the rest of the garbage and taking them to the nearest column. We have a commitment to caring for the environment and to society, which is why we support responsible collection and management, so that they can later be delivered to a recycling plant.”
Gerardo Cándano, general director of Grupo IMU.
The event was headed by Marina Robles García, Secretary of the Environment of Mexico City; and also attended by José Fernando Mercado Guaida, Congressman of Mexico City; Claudia Hernández Fernández, General Director of Environmental Policy and Culture Coordination; and Mario Duarte Villarello, director of Environmental Culture of the local government.
To contribute to the responsible management of this waste, the company has installed 400 collection columns on buses in Mexico City, additionally there are collectors in Guadalajara (Jalisco) and Pachuca (Hidalgo.