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Trash To Cash: Recycling Market at SM Supermalls

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Do you have useless junk accumulating at home or in your office? When are you planning to get rid of them? I suggest that you do it now and convert your trash to cash by joining the Recycling Market events at SM Supermalls.

The Waste Market Day happens every first Saturday of the month, from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the open parking in every SM Supermall. (Update: It’s now every first Friday and Saturday of the month) You can just come and bring all your trash and junk and exchange them for useful items and cash. This event is sponsored by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the SM Group of Companies, in partnership with the Philippine Business for the Environment

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What can you trade or sell at the waste market?

Items you can trade:

  • Scrap paper and cardboard – for bathroom tissue, table napkins, bond paper and notebooks.
  • Empty ink and toner cartridge – for quality remanufactured ones
  • Plastic bottles and plastic scraps – for plastic household items like hangers, basins and pails
  • Used lead batteries (from cars, UPS and voltage regulators) – for car check-up coupons

Items you can sell:

  • Used PET bottles (containers of softdrinks and mineral water bottles)
  • Aluminum and tin cans
  • Junk electrical appliance, specially computer monitors

Items you can just drop off:

  • Polystyrene
  • Styrofoam
  • Junk cellphones and cellphone batteries

This project is in support of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. The act calls for “practical applications of environmentally sound techniques of waste minimization such as segregation, recycling, resource recovery, re-use and composting.”

For more information, you may contact the administration of the SM Supermall nearest you.

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Update:
Read about My SM Trash To Cash experience and learn how much you can possibly earn from the recycling market.

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33 Responses to “Trash To Cash: Recycling Market at SM Supermalls”

  1. MyAvatars 0.2

    been joining their waste fair since late last year. you help the environment & you earn too! =)

    p.s. what’s wrong with entrecard? i can’t drop my card!

  2. MyAvatars 0.2

    Living far from Manila, I only knew about this idea through your blog. I hope other commercial establishments will follow such an environmentalistic example from SM.

  3. MyAvatars 0.2

    ok yan ah.tamang tama gusto ko na itapon yun luma kong pc.kaso wala ata niyan dine sa SM malapit smin.baka sa manila laang yan.

  4. MyAvatars 0.2

    @issa
    me too, i joined their waste fair late last year and has been a regular ever since.

    @wangbu and itot54joni
    i think that this is a nationwide activity, so this includes your local SM branches there in Iloilo and Batangas

  5. MyAvatars 0.2

    our place is just 2 Km away from SM in our place. This is great since we always have recycle bin at the back of our house. What I like about SM is that they are not just a commercial conglomerate but they also try to mix their industry in the efforts to preserve the environment. Like the Sm in Baguio, instead of using aircondition, they made the place open air. Dumaan lang fitz. Thanks for visiting from time to time. I’ve added you on my roll so that I can visit here often.

    Pax et bonum

  6. MyAvatars 0.2

    Thanks bluepanjeet for visiting and for adding me to your roll. I discovered your blog through Ambo and have become a subscriber. Keep up the good work and more power to your blog.

  7. MyAvatars 0.2

    hi. tanong ko lang kung pwede ang mga lumang electronics, like betamax and computer parts? thanks thanks.

  8. MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi jayl. Yes, you can bring those but they’ll just be weighed for the metal parts and not as an appliance. That’s the case when I went one time with a broken VHS player. I also remember one of the coordinators saying that they don’t always accept old electronic appliances. I suggest that you bring those anyway.

    As for the computer parts, are those still working? Why not sell them in TipidPC instead? If not, then bring those as well to the waste market.

    Hope this helps. :D

  9. MyAvatars 0.2

    thanks much fitz! very informative blog! keep it up. will visit your blog every now and then. Godbless!

  10. MyAvatars 0.2

    No problem jayl, glad I could help. Thanks!

  11. MyAvatars 0.2

    i love it! im sharing your article to my friends! thanks!

  12. MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Regie. Thanks for sharing this to your friends!

  13. MyAvatars 0.2

    ask ko lng ano ano ba pwede dalhin doon. sbi nila meron different paper,plastic,bakal,bottles etc. pra masort ko na d2 s bhay at mbilis ang process pagdala ko doon.

  14. MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Nemsis, you can bring all of those that you mentioned. You can also bring broken appliances.

  15. MyAvatars 0.2

    mas ok ba benta s sm kaysa sa mga junkshop? sayang meron n ako naipon na iba pwede mdala. d ko kc alam 1st fri@sat lang. dat mean hhntayin ko ulit nxt month pra mdla s knila. ang styro b hndi mbbenta dmi kc d2. ano pla yung polystyrene?tnxs

  16. MyAvatars 0.2

    Actually, you can also sell them sa junk shops. I heard that the selling price is almost the same. Mas maganda lang sa SM Trash To Cash kasi one-stop na sha, unlike sa junk shops, selected lang ang tinatanggap at pupunta ka sa iba pang junk shop para ibenta ang ibang items. Also, you can also bring and sell empty original ink cartridges.

    With regards to the styro, better ask the organizers if they know a junk shop where you can bring them for recycling. Lastly, polystyrene is plastic usually used as material for cooking utensils.

  17. MyAvatars 0.2

    thanks 4 d info. iipon ko n mga parts ng comp at ink carts. dmi ko d2 mga elec junks. just need to wait nxt month pa pra magkapera na.

  18. MyAvatars 0.2

    i have saved most of the juice foils from my g-daughter’s baon and i’m wondering if they accept these also…or do they buy these? i know there are organizations that use these materials to make bags and other stuff then sold worldwide.

  19. MyAvatars 0.2

    Do they buy glass bottles/jars?

  20. MyAvatars 0.2

    Hello. I was planning to bring my unused electrical appliances and empty ink cartridges at SM Supermalls. Is the SM trash to cash fair still on going?

  21. MyAvatars 0.2

    Yes sm recycle is still active they held it every first friday and saturday of the month. the time starts at 8am up to 2pm only. So don’t be late. Thier price usually don’t differ from the junk shops.

  22. MyAvatars 0.2

    we have a lot ink cartidge na naipon. If i bring it with you can i sell it instead of a trade-off?

  23. MyAvatars 0.2

    hi! i just found out about this event from my friend. i was wondering, do they accept papers? coz we have tons of papers (thousands of photocopied materials) from school and i was wondering where to put them all.. i have i think around 2 boxes full already but i dont want to throw them away. thank you!

    btw,informative blog :) hehe

  24. MyAvatars 0.2

    Sorry everyone for the lack of replies. In any case, the SM Trash to Cash is still ongoing but it usually varies for every branch. Ask the nearest SM in your area for the junk that they will accept.

    @Em
    Yes, they do accept paper. It’s one of the best things to bring there. You can also bring cardboard boxes and other paper junks.

  25. MyAvatars 0.2

    is it only on supermalls? like mall of asia and mals out of town? its so far,, i live here in q.c. can we drop also in any other sm branches?

  26. MyAvatars 0.2

    Jacq, try going to SM North Edsa or SM Fairview. I’m sure they also have SM Trash To Cash there.

  27. MyAvatars 0.2

    hello, do you know if sm accepts magazines? i have tons of magazines here like candy mag etc., i was wondering where i can recycle them… tnx!

  28. MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Fitz,

    Does all SM branches has certification from DENR. This appears to be a requirement by Philippine Economic Processing Zone (PEZA) before e-waste are allowed to be hauled out. We are located in a PEZA-governed industrial park and we have a few items we would like to get rid of.

    regards,
    eric

  29. MyAvatars 0.2

    @eric
    I’m sorry but I don’t know. Perhaps you could talk to the admin of SM regarding your concern. Thanks.

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