In recent years, many people will buy natural Christmas trees for the holiday season. To encourage all sectors of society to recycle and recycle garden waste, the Environmental Protection Department has relaunched the Natural Christmas Tree Recycling Program this year. Under the New Year’s plan, the department will start on January 2 next year. Natural Christmas trees to be discarded will be recycled for 4 consecutive days from May 5 to May 5, and two collection points in Wan Chai and Sai Kung have been added to facilitate the public to participate in the Christmas Tree Recycling Project.
Arrangements for the 2021-22 Natural Christmas Tree Recycling Program.
(Screenshot of EPA website)
The Environmental Protection Department today (22) urged the public and industrial and commercial organizations to recycle the natural Christmas trees to be discarded through the 2021-22 Natural Christmas Tree Recycling Program, and announced the relevant plans and arrangements. Except for the central collection point in Y·PARK [林·区], In Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, there are 15 district collection stations, including the newly added Green in Wan Chai and Green in Sai Kung.
According to a spokesperson of the Environmental Protection Agency, the recycled Christmas trees will be converted into different recycled products together with other garden waste in Y·PARK [林·区], which is convenient for reuse, recycling, or upgrades to regenerate decorations, wooden furniture or art.品等。 Goods etc.
The spokesperson emphasized that this project is only limited to the recycling of natural Christmas trees. The lighting, decorations and tapes must be removed before the Christmas trees are sent for recycling to avoid affecting the recycling process. The public is also encouraged to use other small plants (such as Christmas flowers). Replant, and plastic Christmas trees and decorations can be stored and reused.
Participants who recycle the Christmas tree at the central collection point or recycling station will be issued an e-certificate, and those who transport the Christmas tree to the recycling station for recycling will also receive a small gift.
The department also welcomes other groups or organizations to provide Christmas tree recycling services so that more citizens and industrial and commercial organizations can participate and make concerted efforts to reduce waste for all.
Looking at the information, the Environmental Protection Agency has launched a natural Christmas tree recycling program in 2016, but the program was accused of many restrictions, including the collection date is too late, the height of the Christmas tree to be recycled, and the lack of collection locations.
In the past, in Huaxu and other places, from time to time, a large number of natural Christmas trees were abandoned on the street a few days after Christmas.
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