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Inkaterra Eco Tips

For us, for future generations and for the planet!

The Inkaterra Eco-tips are recommendations to promote a more responsible lifestyle with the environment, developed to sensitize, raise awareness, and most importantly, to show how it is possible to live in a sustainable way, minimizing our ecological footprint on the planet, just by switching some of our daily habits.

SPREAD AND PRACTICE THESE TIPS EVERYWHERE AND AT EVERY POSSIBLE TIME

The Inkaterra Eco-tip of the week iss:

A battery is a device that generates electric energy through a chemical process, when its
life ends it releases toxic substances that pollute any environment, air, ground and water.

Caution:

Do not mix new batteries with used batteries in machines, it reduces useful power life.
Do not leave batteries near children.
Do not burn or throw them in the toilet or garbage bin.

How to help:

Collect used batteries and take them to authorized centers or organized recycling campaigns – In Lima: Wong, Metro, Surco City Hall with the campaign “Ponte Pilas”.
Use rechargeable batteries or appliances that use alternative energy (Ex. Calculators with solar panels, motion sensor watches)
In communities of Inkaterra, batteries are mixed with concrete and used as a material in building maintenance works. Batteries must be covered with a coating that neutralizes and avoids filtration of toxic waste.

…Think Green