The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

At the end of the month, Bonaqua launches Hong Kong-produced non-recruiting paper bottled water for the first sale online and the recycling plant will open in September

2021-06-10T22:51:39.587Z


Bonaqua will launch the first batch of paper-free mineral water manufactured in Hong Kong. The bottle body is made of 100% rPET recycled plastic. It will also save paper-making. It will be sold on e-commerce channels in a box of 15 bottles. The ingredient label and barcode will be printed. In the box.


Social News

Written by: Lao Minyi

2021-06-10 18:56

Last update date: 2021-06-10 18:57

Bonaqua will launch the first batch of paper-free mineral water manufactured in Hong Kong. The bottle body is made of 100% rPET recycled plastic. It will also save paper-making. It will be sold on e-commerce channels in a box of 15 bottles. The ingredient label and barcode will be printed. In the box.

In addition, the recycling rate of PET plastic bottles in Hong Kong is less than 1%. The government conducted a public consultation on the Plastic Beverage Container Producer Responsibility Plan and suggested that each plastic bottle should be given a refund of RMB 0.1. Several groups criticized the amount for being too low.

Warwick Tim, vice president of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and Mongolia operations of Coca-Cola China Co., Ltd., believes that the level of rebates needs to be balanced, hoping that product prices are affordable for consumers and can reach the desired recycling level.

Bonaqua today launched a rebranding plan, including packaging design, material reduction and partnership cooperation.

Bonaqua will launch the first batch of paper-removing mineral water manufactured in Hong Kong. The design refers to the successful examples of "Coca-Cola" in Japan. It will be available on Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong e-Shop, HKTVmall, Store Ztore and other e-commerce companies from June 21st. Channel for sale.

Bonaqua also introduced micro-gas mineral water with micro-dense bubbles and recyclable aluminum cans for packaging.

Warwick Tim stated that the goal is to make Bonaqua the number one sustainable bottled water brand in Hong Kong. He believes that the smaller the packaging, the better, and that changing the packaging will also bring out better recycling information.

He believes that by changing the design, removing the placards, reducing the carbon footprint, etc., to cater to customers' environmental protection needs, he hopes to expand to other sales points in the future.

Warwick Tim believes that by changing packaging design, removing placards, reducing carbon footprints, etc., it can better cater to customers' environmental protection needs.

(Photo by Zhang Haowei)

The plastic bottle factory will open in September as soon as possible

Originally scheduled to start operations at the end of last year, the plastic recycling plant "Plastic Xinsheng" jointly operated by Baguio, Europa and Swire Coca-Cola in the Eco Park is expected to open in September this year, mainly processing waste PET and HDPE plastics (namely No. 1 and No. 2). Glue), transformed into quasi-food grade rPET flakes and high-end rHDPE pellets, which can be processed and recycled up to 35,000 metric tons per year.

Chenghui Mai, the representative of Plastics, believes that it will help rebuild the public's confidence in the recycling system and make the product smoother from production to recycling.

He also pointed out that although the new factory can process all the waste materials of plastic bottles, including bottle bodies, bottle caps and papers, he believes that "Less waste better" and reducing papers is a big improvement.

Bonaqua will work with the operators of Baguio, the Hong Kong Ferris Wheel and AIA Vitality Park to launch a long-term recycling cooperation plan to ensure that all beverage containers in the venue are properly recycled. All plastic bottles will be transported by Baguio to the "Plastic Xinsheng" for disposal.

Coca-Cola: Rebate level needs to be balanced

The producer responsibility plan for plastic beverage containers will be submitted to the Legislative Council as soon as next year and will be implemented as soon as 2024.

Warwick Tim said that in order to increase the PET recycling rate, the producer responsibility system is an important means, and he has communicated with the government on the plan.

He believes that many people buy bottled drinks in hot weather, hoping to balance the rebate level, otherwise the price will be affected.

The "Coca-Cola" company set a global vision "World Without Waste" in 2018. The goal is to realize that by 2030, every package used will be recycled and reused.

Warwick Tim believes that the producer responsibility system can help achieve the company's goals. It also requires public education, redesign of product packaging, and cooperation with partners.

Plastic Bottle Recycling|Survey: Only 40% of people support a 1 cent rebate for the ring group to promote the change and push the bottle 1 yuan as a starting point

Plastic Bottle Recycling|International organizations urge Hong Kong to switch to bottle-based materials with a $1 deposit and a 90% recovery rate within 3 years

Huang Jinxing points out that the recycling rate of plastic bottles is "Ma Ma Tei" and plans to set up a cash rebate for public comments

Members of the Legislative Council blasted the plastic bottle with a 1 cent rebate as a reward for Taier's play Huang Jinxing: only the starting point emphasizes that there will be no subsidy

"Bottle Machine" rebates 1 cent for each recycled plastic bottle. Citizens: less attractive but better than disposal

The plastic bottle producer responsibility system is "administrative convenience". It is more efficient to provide rebates according to the bottle authorities' claims

01News

Coca-Cola Environmental

Source: hk1

All news articles on 2021-06-10

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-27T16:45:54.081Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.