Earth Day Trash to Cash, April 20!

 

In celebration of the Earth Day, SM Supermalls nationwide will be holding a 1-day special Trash to Cash Recycling Market Fair on April 20, Friday. 

For the past years, in partnership with Earth Day Network and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, SM City Davao has been observing the Earth Day through info campaigns and exhibits, all geared towards educating its shoppers on simple doable ways to save the planet.

With the global theme Earth Day, Every day, Everywhere, this year, SM will highlight the value of reducing, reusing and recycling. SM holds a regular Trash to Cash event every first Friday and Saturday of the month which allows its shoppers and households/offices in the community to properly dispose of their wastes and earn from it at the same time.

On April 20, as an incentive to those who sell their recyclables, SM Davao will be giving away free ecobags and Voyager Planetarium priority passes.

Turn in your recyclables (paper, scarp metals, pet bottles, e-wastes, etc.) on Friday, 8AM- 5PM at SM Davao Parking C and help save the planet.

For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or visit www.smcitydavao.blogspot.com for event and promo updates.

 

Turn your trash into cash and get FREE ecobags and priority passes to the Voyager Planetarium!
Call 297.6998 for more details.

Kitchen Recipes from the Heart at SM Supermalls

As part of SM Supermalls Corporate Social Responsibility programs for Tourism, SM mounts “Kitchen Recipes from the Heart” which will bring various well-known chefs in SM Malls nationwide to showcase different regional specialties to boost the country's standing among the world’s best cuisine.

This project, headed by the SM Foodcourt group with its partner Ajinomoto, will also highlight the pride delicacies of the cities where SM operates.

 Chef Paddy Lascano. Photo credit: www.clickthecity.com

At SM City Davao, Chef Paddy Lascano is set to demonstrate a few of his signature dishes. Lascano is a native Davaoeño who has done an extensive research on the culinary arts of Davao’s tribes-- Tausug, Maranao and Bagobo. He has authored 2 food books entitled ‘Davao Cuisine’ and ‘Salad and Noodles’.

Discover hearty kitchen recipes of Davao with Chef Paddy on October 22, Friday, 2:00 PM, Event Centre of Mindanao’s premier shopping, dining and leisure destination-- SM City Davao.

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Donate A Book. SM City Davao and SM Foundation Inc. turns over 13,500 books to 40 schools in the Davao region. In the photo holding the mock up book are (L-R): Atty. Lim of Tagum City, Dep Ed Adopt A School Coordinator Eunice Atienzar, SMFI's project coordinator Bon Navida and SM Davao Mall Manager Lynette Lopez.

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SM Trash to Cash set on October 1 & 2!

After its inception in 2007, SM Supermall’s Trash to Cash Recycling Market Fair has impacted both the community and the environment. The program enabled communities and individuals all over the country to save trees, recycle wastewater, and redirecting volumes of trash from the landfill  Also, the said program, SM Supermalls encourages shoppers to reduce waste while earning money.

“Trash to Cash” is SM’s open-to-all recycling market held every first Friday and Saturday of the month at all SM Supermalls. The event provides a venue for families and community organizations to come in with their recyclable-- scrap paper and cardboard, empty ink toner cartridges, plastic bottles and scraps, used lead batteries from cars, aluminum, tin cans, and many other items, and trade them in for some cash.

For its efforts to promote recycling, SM was recognized as the “Champion for Re-use/Recycle” by the Zero Basura Olympics (ZBO) during its Earth Day celebration at the SM Mall of Asia Complex. The award is part of DENR’s ZBO program, which recognizes best practices in waste management and also gauges companies’ compliance to RA 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. SM City Davao on the other hand, earned the WWF Best Environment-Friendly Practices (Industry) in 2009.

Apart from the monthly Trash to Cash, SM Supermalls also promotes proper waste segregation, proper disposal of batteries/mobile phones (with the battery trash bins in partnership with Nokia) and reducing the use of plastic bags through its Ecobags.

Everyone is invited to join the crusade for a, environmentally-sustainable lifestyle by reusing, reducing and recycling. SM Davao’s Trash to Cash is scheduled on October 1 and 2 (Friday & Saturday), 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM at SM Davao Parking C.