Issue 173 (Oct 2019)
Green Hong Kong Green
Chinese Only!
“Used Clothes Collection – Get Fund Scheme” Summer Activity Review
The Used Clothes Collection program has been established by The Conservancy Association since 2000. The main objectives of the scheme are to reduce textile wastage by providing schools, housing estates and the community with a used clothes collection platform; and encourage people to donate their clothes for reuse. As an environmental group, we encouraged the whole community to actively support used clothes collection, while reusing and recycling locally as much as possible. For instance, before we choose to donate clothing, we should first consider giving them away to relatives or friends so as to reduce the carbon and greenhouse gas emission from transportation.Currently, a total of 94...
2019 Mooncake Recovery Program Recap
FRRC launched the annual mooncake recycling activityearlierthis year. Through sharing a series of Green Mid-Autumn Festival tipsonline and holding a promotional booth at Tsuen Wan Aeon Store,we hope to encourage everyone to purchase just the right amount of mooncakes, to potentially lighten the “surplus mooncake mountain”aftermath. Two collection points at FRRC andCA’s Tai Kok Tsui Officewere set up and 4 organizations joined our program this year to collect surplus mooncakes in their organizations. FRRC recovered more than 5,000 pieces of mooncakes in total, which marks the largest recovery amount in our brief history. As the enormous amount had exceeded our...
Hang Seng – CA Eco Rangers 2019 ‧Plastic Free Hong Kong !
Hang Seng – CA Eco Rangers 2019, the annual fund-raising project of The Conservancy Association (CA), was concluded successfully on 27 October 2019. Around 400 participants joined the event. The event was successfully held and we sincerely appreciate Hang Seng Bank for its full support over the years. Having supported as the title sponsor of Eco-Rangers for two consecutive years, this year Hang Seng Bank also recruited over hundred Eco-Rangers to show their supports for protecting our country parks and environment. This year the “Plastic Trasher” was determined to take over the world with its ever spreading plastic wastes scattering across our oceans and natural...
Stay Away from Flame Thrower: “No Hill Fire” in Chung Yeung Festival 2019
It’s October. Coupled with strong winds and low humidity, hill fires often occur especially during the Chung Yeung Festival. According to the Fire Services Department’s statistics, in 2017, 41 hill fires broke out during the Chung Yeung Festival, which the number was much higher than daily average of 2.7. And the success of no hill fire last year was attributed to the co-operation of different parties. To promote hill fire prevention, “No Hill Fire” has been organized during the Chung Yeung Festival since 2006 and supported by HK Electric for 13 years....
