Let's give cards the ending they deserve
Merece is the portuguese word for “Deserves” and also an acronym for “Movimento Empresarial para a REciclagem de Cartões com Componentes Eletrónicos”, wich means: Business Movement for the Recycling of Cards with Electronic Components.
Merece was born from Contisystems’ desire to do more to minimize the environmental impact of its activity. Contisystems is a national company that, among other activities, has carried out the personalization of bank cards for over 25 years. These are plastic cards that, once expired, usually end up on common garbage.
What is
our goal ?
The aim of the movement is to involve as many card issuers as possible, in order to encourage companies and individuals to contribute to the ecologically responsible treatment of unused cards with electronic components.
- Waste
1
2
collection boxes
3
By mail
After the waste is centralized in Contisystems it is securely destroyed, and then sent to Extruplás, a company that will use it to manufacture urban furniture. From waste it will become feedstock.
+ Trees
card
=
grams of carbon
of card waste
=
Kg of carbon
If 1 card, wich weights about 6g, generates 150g of carbon, 1kg of card waste generates 25kg of carbon.
tree x years
=
kg of carbon
Each tree planted, for each kg of waste collected, can absorb, in adulthood, more than 5kg of carbon per year.
Who is part of Merece?
Contisystems is proud to be the promoter and manager of this movement and its ambition is to make it a reference in the sector and an example for other industries.
Santander has been part of the MERECE movement since the beginning. We are a sustainable bank, concerned with the future of the Planet and strongly committed to reducing our environmental footprint.
Banco CTT is committed to reducing its ecological footprint and promoting sustainability to its customers. We are proud to embrace this cause and pioneer this program.
let's give cards the ending they deserve
What is Merece?
What is
our goal ?
The aim of the movement is to involve as many card issuers as possible, in order to encourage companies and individuals to contribute to the ecologically responsible treatment of unused cards with electronic components.
How will we do this?
- waste
We will collect the unused cards in a number of ways:
1
2
By using collection boxes
3
By mail
After the waste is centralized in Contisystems it is securely destroyed, and then sent to Extruplás, a company that will use it to manufacture urban furniture. From waste it will become feedstock.
+ trees
For this purpose, we will be working with Plantar uma Árvore, a portuguese association that develops and implements volunteer programs, for the recovery of ecologically degraded areas through the restitution of native forests and native species.
For every kilo of waste collected, Merece will plant a tree and guarantee its maintenance for 5 years.
card
=
150
grams of carbon
It is estimated that the production of each card with electronic components generates around 150g of carbon.
1KG
of cards
=
+ 25
If 1 card, wich weights about 6g, generates 150g of carbon, 1kg of card waste generates 25kg of carbon.
1 x 5
tree x years
=
-25
kg of carbon
Each tree planted, for each kg of waste collected, can absorb, in adulthood, more than 5kg of carbon per year.
Who is part of Merece?
Banco CTT is committed to reducing its ecological footprint and promoting sustainability to its customers. We are proud to embrace this cause and pioneer this program.