{"id":137188,"date":"2017-12-07T21:28:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T02:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=137188"},"modified":"2017-12-07T21:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T02:28:18","slug":"bsp-recycles-materials-for-christmas-decors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/07\/bsp-recycles-materials-for-christmas-decors\/","title":{"rendered":"BSP recycles materials for Christmas decors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla, Jr. (Photo By Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – http:\/\/www.bsp.gov.ph\/images\/espenilla.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2014 Recycled plastic spoons and forks and plastic bottles take center stage in the main outdoor Christmas tree of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) main office in Manila for this year.<\/p>\n

The central bank has been using recycled materials for its Christmas decorations for some years now and this, BSP Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. said, is one way of helping the environment.<\/p>\n

Aside from plastic utensils, other recycled materials used for this year\u2019s decorations are used iron bars, scrap bars and rope lights, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis only shows that we can celebrate and decorate while saving the environment\u2026that little creativity and creativeness can go a long way,\u201d he said in a speech read by Monetary Board Member Juan D. De Zu\u00f1iga, Jr. during the lighting ceremony Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Architect Marie Martinez, BSP Facilities Management and Engineering Department Acting Deputy Director, said the central bank has been using recycled materials for its Christmas decors for about four years now.<\/p>\n

She said collecting and cleaning the materials as well as conceptualization starts as early as January.<\/p>\n

Ideas for the Christmas decorations are presented to utility personnel, who in turn give additional inputs, she said.<\/p>\n

Martinez said using recycled materials is among the advocacies of the BSP to help the environment and make the decorations cost-effective. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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