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Green is difficult to collect industrial and commercial waste plastic in the district, and the industrial and commercial building collects 45 tons of plastic every year and a half, mostly packaging film

2022-01-23T05:50:26.697Z


Plastics will account for about 25% of industrial and commercial waste by weight in 2020, but there are few recycling options. The environmental group "Green Collar Action" has received 7.1 million yuan from the Recycling Fund since 2019 to provide waste plastic recycling in 49 industrial and commercial buildings


Plastics will account for about 25% of industrial and commercial waste by weight in 2020, but there are few recycling options.

Since 2019, the environmental group "Green Collar Action" has received 7.1 million yuan from the Recycling Fund to provide waste plastic recycling in 49 industrial and commercial buildings, covering packaging films, courier bags and disposable food containers.

By the end of December last year, a total of 45 tons of plastic had been received, 5 tons more than the original target, of which nearly 80% were packaging films.


Some social enterprises that provide online shopping pointed out that the plastic film, bubble wrap, etc. received before the plan can store nearly 30 cartons of plastic film every month, and they will be disposed of as ordinary garbage, "Although it is a waste, But there is no way out, Green can't talk too much in the mere."

Social enterprises said that after the Green Collar Action Plan was launched, it would be more convenient to recycle plastic films; some management companies also pointed out that the daily amount of waste disposed of in landfills was reduced by up to 25%.


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From June 2020 to February this year, Green Collar Action has set up recycling bins in 49 industrial and commercial buildings in Hong Kong to collect five types of plastics such as packaging films, plastic bags, plastic bottles, courier bags and disposable food containers, and then send them to Go to the factory for cleaning and compression procedures, and then arrange for recyclers to transport them away, and then make raw materials.

The group pointed out that by the end of December last year, a total of about 45 tons of plastics had been recovered, of which nearly 80% were packaging films, followed by plastic bottles and disposable food containers.

The logistics industry consumes a large amount of packaging film Green collar action: there is so much packaging film surge

Li Qianting, the project manager of Green Collar Alliance Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Green Collar Action and responsible for the plan, pointed out that the plan found that the whole building is a logistics and transportation warehouse with a large number of packaging films. In March last year, two industrial buildings of pure logistics warehouses participated. After the plan, the recycling volume soared by about 67% compared with the peak; when the third logistics warehouse and industrial building participated, the recycling volume in one month reached a peak of 5,527 kg.

However, she bluntly said that "there have been so many packaging films flooding", and the workshop was "full" at one point. She described that at that time, "the plastic was stacked on the ceiling, and there was no sunlight at all."

Therefore, the recycling volume has been reduced since August last year. If it is not limited by the site, it is estimated that the total recycling volume can reach 60 tons.

Green in the district refuses non-household recyclables

Ms. Cai, the person in charge of the social enterprise "Fair Point", pointed out that since many of her company's products are shipped to foreign countries, fragile items such as cooking oil and flower water are also packaged with a large amount of bubble wrap, which can be packaged in a week during peak seasons. Fill a trolley with packaging film.

In the past, his company had stockpiled packaging film, "I have tried to travel far and wide, but the staff mainly collects household recyclables."

Ms. Cai reluctantly pointed out that in the past, when there was no recycling method, the packaging film could only be discarded. "Although it is a waste, there is no way to do it."

After the Green Collar Action Plan, she believes that recycling is more convenient. "It's just downstairs, so don't let the carts run two blocks away, or even across districts." It can also educate employees to be environmentally conscious.

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In addition, the management company that participated in the plan pointed out that the amount of waste will be greatly reduced after the project is launched.

Ms. Ho, assistant property manager of Harriman Property Management Co., Ltd., said that before the project, three-color buckets were placed in the building, but it was difficult to handle a large amount of packaging film, so it could only be disposed of as ordinary garbage and disposed of in the landfill.

And the amount of garbage is also huge, "a large 660-liter trash can burst twice a day".

After the Green Collar Action Plan was launched, the amount of garbage was reduced from about 35 buckets of large trash cans to 25 to 30 buckets a day.

The group advocates to provide actual recycling channels for industrial and commercial buildings before the implementation of garbage levy

Lai Chien-ting suggested that the government should provide substantive subsidies to the property management companies of industrial and commercial buildings before the implementation of the garbage charge, to improve the recycling equipment in the industrial and commercial buildings, and to provide reliable recycling channels.

The EPD's outreach team can also regularly visit industrial and commercial buildings to conduct clean recycling education, so as to continuously enhance the recycling awareness of owners and tenants.

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Source: hk1

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