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Eye-catching "Lemon Tea Box" Recovered 4.5 tons of discarded beverage boxes organization: 450,000 cardboard boxes were rescued

2021-03-27T00:07:23.511Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic has caused more people to stay at home for meals. At the same time, the disposal of paper-packed beverages and take-out lunch boxes is likely to explode in landfills. An environmental group initiated a pilot project to recycle paper-packed beverage boxes the year before, and it was combined with 27 shopping malls and housing estates.


District 18 News

Written by: Mo Jiawen

2021-03-27 08:00

Last update date: 2021-03-27 08:00

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has caused more people to stay at home for meals. At the same time, the disposal of paper-packed beverages and take-out lunch boxes is likely to explode in landfills.

An environmental group initiated a pilot project to recycle paper-packed beverage boxes two years ago. In cooperation with 27 shopping malls and housing estates, a total of 4.5 tons of paper-packed boxes were recovered using the classic lemon tea design as the blueprint of the "eye-catching" recycling box, and then transported to the recycled pulp mill for recycling. Reengineering, in the future, the goal is to expand to more large shopping malls or other government venues collection points to promote the people to reduce waste from the source. There are also property management associations intending to expand to the recycling of takeaway lunch boxes.

He Hanwei, director-general of the environmental organization Green Collar Action, said that according to the EPA's 2019 Hong Kong Solid Waste Monitoring Report, about 75 tons of paper-packed beverages are discarded every day in Hong Kong, which is equivalent to 440,000 1.2-meter-high trees. New crown pneumonia is expected. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, citizens have been unable to eat in, and the chances of using paper-packed beverages have increased greatly. In addition, the government’s insufficient coverage of paper-packed beverage boxes in the past has resulted in a large number of cartons including 250 ml aluminum foil boxes or 1 liter milk cartons. It was eventually dumped in the accumulation area and became one of the sources of garbage.

27 shopping malls and private housing estates participate in the recycling scheme

In order to raise the public's awareness of recycling paper-packed beverage boxes, the Green Collar Action organized the "Pilot Project for the Clean Recycling of Paper-Packed Drink Boxes" from October to April this year, inviting 27 private housing estates in shopping malls to provide a classic lemon tea Box-packed recycling bins encourage citizens to wash and squash the used beverage cartons and put them back in the bins for recycling.

Based on a giant recycling box, each can collect about 10 kg of paper boxes. Since the implementation of the plan, a total of 4.5 tons of clean paper boxes have been recovered, and each 250 ml aluminum foil box packaging weighs about 10 grams. , The recycling weight is equivalent to approximately 450,000 paper-packed beverage boxes.

The group held a commendation ceremony yesterday (26th) to commend 4 property management companies with significant recycling volume. Among them, the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping mall, The One, has the largest recycling volume among 27 shopping malls and housing estates, reaching 1331.2 kg, followed by Tuen Mun V city. , The recycling volume reached 959.7 kilograms, the weight of the recycled paper boxes in Causeway Bay Fort Royal and Tsuen Wan Zhongran Building reached 446 and 363.4 kilograms respectively. The three property management companies won the "Outstanding Performance" award together and announced the launch of the second generation recycling box, which is easier Collect the waste carton.

For the first time to cooperate with government departments to recycle paper-packed beverage boxes

The mall The One and Royal Castle representative Zhongxin Property Management Co., Ltd. stated that during the implementation of the plan, in addition to promoting on different social media, parent-child workshops and cash coupons will be given to encourage more people to participate. The conspicuous location next to the customer service desk of the mall is convenient for the public to inquire and recycle.

In addition, Green Collar has also cooperated with the Development Bureau to place recycling bins on the Belcher Bay beach open space in Western District, and hold parent-child workshops at the above site to teach children how to use waste paper-packed beverage boxes to make loose wallets, becoming the first A project in cooperation with government land.

All recovered waste paper boxes have been transported to Mil Mill, Hong Kong’s first paper-packaged beverage box recycling pulp mill, for recycling. The recycled pulp is separated and sent to other places to make daily necessities.

Environmental groups: Hope that the Producer Responsibility Plan covers paper-packaged beverages

The government is currently launching a public consultation on the "Plastic Beverage Container Producer Responsibility Plan", but it only focuses on plastic bottles and does not cover paper-packed beverage boxes. Director-General Ho Hanwei pointed out that paper-packed beverage boxes will be consumed and reused during the epidemic. A very high volume of waste, "Drink a 1 liter of soda or throw a plastic bottle in a few days, but a 250 ml paper-packed drink only takes a few minutes and is disposable." He urged the government to change it in the future. Paper-packed beverage boxes are included in the plan, and users are required to pay by bottle.

"It's like a cross milk, the price of a bottle is charged, and you return a bottle after drinking, and the retail clerk will return 50 cents to one mosquito." It can encourage the public to recycle the cardboard box, and the related "box fee" can also be used. Accumulate into an environmental protection fund, which can fund related recycling industries in the future.

Huang Jisheng, vice president of the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies, said that the pilot plan for cooperation with Green Collar Action is just the beginning. The association has more than 100 members and manages hundreds of shopping mall properties, including large property management companies such as Link. Later, the association will release the recycling results to all members for reference, and then the Green Collar Action will send a letter to invite more shopping malls or private property management companies to participate.

The association also has a preliminary idea. In response to the epidemic, it will further expand to the recycling of take-out lunch boxes. It hopes to discuss the feasibility of recycling with the Environmental Protection Department, and then gradually implement the relevant details.

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