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Garbage to Treasure : GT Town Center Pavia, Profriends and Justines Scrap team up for sustainable environmental initiative



Partnering for a sustainable environmental initiative, one of Iloilo's largest real estate developer, Property Company of Friends, Inc. (PRO-FRIENDS) partners with local mall player GT Town Center Pavia and Justine's Scrap to lessen the global problem on waste management. 

Dubbed as "Garbage to Treasure", the said initiative was officially launched at the GT Town Center Pavia on October 26 together with the Pavia LGU headed by Mayor Luigi Gorriceta.

"Garbage to Treasure" is a brainchild of GT Town Center's Vice President for Real Estate and Land Development Allan Ryan Tan who is an advocate of environmental preservation through proper waste disposal. 

"I am geared towards the preservation of the environment ever since. I always practice waste segregation. In fact, I built my own compost pit at home. With the global environmental problem that we are facing at present, I think it's high time that we involve the community", said Tan. 


"We are piloting this initiative by partnering with PRO-FRIENDS which is the closest community to our mall. With this, we hope to encourage the homeowners of Parc Regency Residences and Monticello Villas and eventually influence the community to practice proper waste disposal," he added. 

On his part, PRO-FRIENDS Iloilo Strategic Marketing Brand Manager Jerome Garcia highlighted that this project is timely with the pressing environmental issues in the country nowadays. 

"This initiative will truly benefit not just our homeowners at Parc Regency Residences and Monticello Villas, but the llonggo community as a whole. As we build homes and accessible communities for the llonggos, it is also part of our responsibility to protect the environment," he said. 

TURNING WASTE INTO MONEY 

"Garbage to Treasure" is an opportunity for everyone to convert their waste into money by simply bringing it to GT Town Center Pavia every other Saturday (October 27, November 9, November 23, December 7, December 21) from 8AM to 2PM at GT Town Center Pavia's Parking Area. 



The public can bring recyclable garbage such as paper, empty bottles, scrap iron, tin cans, GI sheets, aluminum, copper, batteries, pet bottles, plastic containers and cellophane. 

These trashes will be sold per kilo with prices will dependent on the kind of material. Thus, the public are reminded to have their trash segregated before bringing it to the scrap buying area 


With this initiative, GT Town Center Pavia and Profriends management hopes to lessen the problems on waste disposal at the same time, help the people earn money by doing this simple act of saving the environment 

Aside from GT Town Center Pavia and Profriends also partnered with the local government of Pavia and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in order to intensify impact of the project. 



Other than "Garbage to Treasure", GT Town Center Pavia has also other sustainable environmental projects and initiatives on its pipeline as part of its thrust of becoming a "Green Town". Among those include the installation of its solar panels and the holding of the "Sunday Market" for the local entrepreneurs and farmers. 

To know more about "Garbage to Treasure", like GT Town Center on Facebook.

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