Sustainabiility

Organizations

wwf - sustainable seafood

HK Sustainable Food coalition

Choose Right Today

Food angel

environmental protection department HK

Newspaper Articles

Report February 2021

Hong Kong’s waste and pollution; tips for depressed students (long letters)One reader discusses the city’s environmental problems, while another teen gives advice on how to deal with difficult emotions.

November 20, 2021

The hi-tech solutions from Hong Kong making fashion more sustainablePioneering Hong Kong researchers are using hi-tech breakthroughs to help the clothes industry reduce waste, cut CO2 emissions and fight climate change.

October 6, 2021

How a new charging scheme can trash Hong Kong’s massive waste problemAverage household in city could pay between HK$33 and HK$55 each month to throw out its trash using one of 11 types of designated rubbish bags.

August 27, 2021

Hong Kong’s climate action to focus on energy, electric vehicles, cutting wasteEnvironment minister hopes to get Legco to pass bill to charge residents for removal of trash bags

April 5, 2021

Technology a new weapon in fight against food waste for restaurants, NGOsCharities collecting unused food to distribute is one way to reduce waste. Apps that alert users to discount offers by member shops and restaurants on unsold food are another whose use is growing around the world, including Hong Kong.

March 21, 2021

Hong Kong teens aim to tackle food waste with their invention, Easy CarThe team from True Light Girl's College designed a collection vehicle that can convert leftovers into fertiliser for farms.

November 9, 2020

How Hongkongers can cut down on food waste – by eating itAbout 3,000 tonnes of food is thrown away and ends up in landfills every day in Hong Kong. A lot of it is still packed full of useful nutrients. Here are some tips on how to buy, store and serve produce to get the most out of it

August 29, 2017

Videos

Hong Kong’s first mini cooling forestRising temperatures sparked by global warming have led to an even hotter urban climate, created by the so-called heat island effect. Hong Kong-based social enterprise Nature Makers Lab is seeking to…

September 12, 2021

What does Hong Kong do with its waste?Hong Kong passed a long-delayed legislation to start charging residents for their household rubbish, beginning in 2023. Of the 5.67 million tonnes (6.2 million tons) of solid waste the city…

October 23, 2021

HK’s dying trees get second lifeHK Timberbank is a Hong Kong social enterprise that turns tree waste into furniture and art installations. Founder Ricci Wong launched the organisation after Typhoon Mangkhut uprooted tens of…

March 18, 2021

Saving ‘ugly food’ for rescued dogsPirry Leung, who had previously worked at a food-waste recycling facility, founded FurryGreen – an upcycling startup in 2020, hoping to turn leftover but unspoiled ingredients into pet…

February 21, 2021

Using food waste for dyeing in a DIY workshop in Central, Hong KongHong Kong entrepreneurs have found an innovative and eco-friendly way to handle food waste by distilling dye from food waste to make colourful products. Erick Cheung formed a…

April 27, 2019

Hong Kong Waste: City looks to solve overflowing landfills

July 4, 2017

A day in the life of a Hong Kong cardboard collectorLocal concern group Waste Picker Platform invited Legislative Council member Eddie Chu to shadow 67-year-old cardboard collector Au Fung-lan, who refers to herself as “Lan Jei”…

September 6, 2016

'3,600 tons of surplus food is discarded in Hong Kong everyday', says local charity Food Angel“Some 3,600 tons of food are thrown out everyday, and we can only collect 4 tons of it,” exlpains Food Angel CEO Caribbean Chan. The charity has a small fleet of trucks that not…

July 25, 2015

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