香港地球之友 Friends of the Earth (HK)

Composting: how Hong Kong can make the best use of its food waste (只提供英文版本)

2017年03月17日

Food waste makes up a third of our trash – the largest category – taking up Hong Kong’s limited landfill space.The need for food donations to reduce the volumes of edible and wholesome food going into landfills is important, but what about food scraps from cooking, or leftover food from meals?

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/composting how hong kong can make the best use of its food waste (只提供英文版本)

Why aren’t we encouraging food donations in Hong Kong when our landfills are full of edible waste? (只提供英文版本)

2016年10月19日

Wendell Chan calls for the government to introduce a Good Samaritan law to encourage businesses to give, especially when poorer families often do not have enough affordable and nutritious food

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/why aren’t we encouraging food donations in hong kong when our landfills are full of edible waste (只提供英文版本)

Those who generate waste must be responsible for it (只提供英文版本)

2015年10月15日

Edwin Lau welcomes the launch of a government recycling fund, but says a much more effective way to reduce Hong Kong's waste is to cut it at source - such as by introducing a waste charge

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/those who generate waste must be responsible for it (只提供英文版本)

Plastic bag levy should be supported by all retailers (只提供英文版本)

2015年03月20日

Edwin Lau calls on all retailers to honour the spirit of the law levying a charge on the use of plastic bags, and not try to find ways around it

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/plastic bag levy should be supported by all retailers (只提供英文版本)

Hong Kong’s love of plastic is not just choking landfills, it’s a threat to life (只提供英文版本)

2018年01月05日

Microplastics, small pieces of plastic of less than 5mm, are a growing threat to human health and marine ecosystems. They may be directly added as microplastics, as nurdles or microbeads...

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/hong kong’s love of plastic is not just choking landfills, it’s a threat to life (只提供英文版本)

Solving the plastic packaging problem: it’s time for industries and governments to play their part (只提供英文版本)

2018年04月21日

It is almost April 22nd, which means Earth Day is just around the corner. Since 1970, the annual event has raised awareness of a wide range of environmental issues...

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/solving the plastic packaging problem it’s time for industries and governments to play their part (只提供英文版本)

Public education is the key to successful implementation of solid waste charging scheme (只提供英文版本)

2018年10月04日

In the second half of 2019, or soon afterwards, the Hong Kong government will launch its municipal solid waste charging scheme to tackle the high rate of waste generation...

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/public education is the key to successful implementation of solid waste charging scheme (只提供英文版本)

For Hong Kong to win the plastics war, it must go cold turkey on tableware (只提供英文版本)

2018年11月21日

In collaboration with Cafe de Coral, Fairwood and Maxim’s, the Environmental Campaign Committee of Hong Kong recently announced a HK$1.2 million (US$153,000) government-funded scheme to get Hongkongers out of the habit of using disposable tableware for takeaway food...

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/for hong kong to win the plastics war, it must go cold turkey on tableware (只提供英文版本)

What China’s waste import ban teaches Hong Kong about recycling and resource use (只提供英文版本)

2018年02月09日

“Dump Less, Save More, Recycle Right”: a month has passed since the Environmental Protection Department’s response to China’s waste import ban. Considering the ban was announced in July last year...

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/what china’s waste import ban teaches hong kong about recycling and resource use (只提供英文版本)

Three New Year wishes for a greener Hong Kong

2019年01月01日

Improve recycling efforts to cut waste, tackle carbon emissions by power plants, and promote the green finance drive, with the HKMA leading the way

https://foe.org.hk/tc/news/政策倡議/專欄文章/three new year wishes for a greener hong kong