Green Sense » 源頭減廢 http://greensense.org.hk Point out the non-environmental friendly practice in society through research and monitoring. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 04:38:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Action for Cleanup the Countryside – 6 May Po Toi Island & 12 August Tung Chung Bay http://greensense.org.hk/en/2018/07/%e6%b8%85%e6%bd%94%e9%83%8a%e9%87%8e%e9%99%a4%e3%80%8c%e5%8d%b3%e6%a3%84%e3%80%8d%e8%a1%8c%e5%8b%95%e2%80%945%e6%9c%886%e6%97%a5%e8%92%b2%e5%8f%b0%e5%b3%b6-%e5%8f%8a-8%e6%9c%8812%e6%97%a5%e6%9d%b1/ http://greensense.org.hk/en/2018/07/%e6%b8%85%e6%bd%94%e9%83%8a%e9%87%8e%e9%99%a4%e3%80%8c%e5%8d%b3%e6%a3%84%e3%80%8d%e8%a1%8c%e5%8b%95%e2%80%945%e6%9c%886%e6%97%a5%e8%92%b2%e5%8f%b0%e5%b3%b6-%e5%8f%8a-8%e6%9c%8812%e6%97%a5%e6%9d%b1/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2018 03:40:30 +0000 editor http://greensense.org.hk/?p=3992 Green Sense is carrying out the project “ECF Say No to ‘Disposables’ – Less Disposables to Reduce Waste” funded by Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) and Environmental Campaign Committee (ECC).

The first Action for Cleanup the Countryside have been successfully held on 6 May 2018. Green Sense fellows with 34 volunteers went to Po Toi Island to clean up the waste and carry out an ecotour at the same time. The main purpose of the event is to arouse the public concerns of plastic waste problems and increase their awareness of environmental protection. Moreover, it is important to introduce the biodiversity in Hong Kong to the public and to understand the importance of our countryside.

It was a sunny Sunday. All volunteers gathered at Blake Pier, Stanley. Before taking the ferry to Po Toi Island, our tour guide explained safety concerns and eco-friendly hiking etiquette.

After arrival, many of us can immediately felt the peace and comfort of the natural environment. We were refreshed! We passed through some old stores and a diesel-electric set. We experienced their simple and austere lifestyle.

After passing the areas of residents, we visited to Po Toi School. Some volunteers were eager to clear the rubbish on the path right away. Po Toi School is a building with historical value. It reflected how was the school life in the past. Although it has been abandoned for decades, its structure maintains and we can even peek at the classroom through a broken window.

Walking along the coast, we arrived the Po Toi Rock Carvings which constructed over 3000 years. It is one of the declared monuments in Hong Kong. It consists two parts: One group on the left consists of lines resembling, while the other on the right is composed of spirals in an interlocking arrangement. Many of us spent a lot of time in taking photos with the carve. We were amazed the crave stood in good shape.

Volunteers started to clean the island. They were separated into two groups: One going uphill cleaning hiking trail and and the other for the coastal area. Many garbage was buried in the bush as Po Toi Island is a famous place for camping. Moreover, a lot of disposables were left there. For example, foam boxes, disposable utensils, aluminium cans, plastic bags and even LPG cylinders! The most difficult part for us is to collect a considerable amount of the “foam balls” which were naturally grind into different sizes. Even though it was hard to collecting the rubbish in high temperature, we were devoted to do so. All of us are willing to do more to compensate for the environment, and to protect the Earth.

After cleaning the island for a whole day,  volunteers carried bags of waste and head to the pier after the waste audit. Plastic disposables account for the most. The amount of waste collected are shown below:

Waste collected
Foam Boxes 30 kg
Plastic Bottles 212 pcs
Aluminium Cans 40 pcs
Glass Bottles 24 pcs
Other Garbage 12 kg
Other Metal 0.5 kg

Fortunately, some tourists were touched by our action and some of them promised to reduce the waste and minimize the pollution in the future . Public education are exactly means to influence the community altogether . All of us should set an example for our next generation by taking action in environmental protection.

If you have missed the volunteer action in May, please enroll the next”Action for Cleanup the Countryside ” at Tung Chung Bay on 12th August. Please click https://goo.gl/rDKwVP for enrollment and information.

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Now, you are kindly invited to join our public education event in June! Get to know how the station deals with thousand tons of trashes day by day. Bring along a clean plastic bottle as a ticket to participate the visit to Shatin Community Green Station, and learn to make use of the waste in DIY workshop, a fragrant soap can be easily made by useful waste!

Details:
Date：16th June,2018 (Saturday)
Time：9:30 am – 12:30pm  (Around 3 hours)
Venue：Shatin Refuse Transfer Station & Sha Tin Community Green Station
Quota：25
Fee：FREE

Registration：https://goo.gl/gvmXA6

For more details and questions , please contact us at 8100-4877 or email to admin@greensense.org.hk.

Remarks:
1. Participants are required to bring a clean plastic bottle as ticket to Sha Tin Community Green Station.
2. Participants must be aged 6 or above. (Participants aged between 6 to 14  must be accompanied by parent)
3 . For Participants aged under 18 , Parental consent form must be completed. (It will be sent via confirmation email)
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A vast amount of materials including marquees, furniture and even unsold goods are left behind and, ultimately, sent to the landfills right after the LNY fair. This is not only a big waste but also putting a heavy burden on landfills. In light of this, Green Sense will introduce a series of waste management and recycling measures in the Tsuen Wan LNY fair, so as to promote the concept of “waste reduction at source”,  “clean recycling” and “resources sharing”, as well as to enhance the green awareness of the public and merchants.

ECC Green Lunar New Year (LNY) Fair (Tsuen Wan)

Project 1 – Shopping Bags Sharing

Objectives

Often, LNY fair ended up with a vast amount of waste, including plastic bags. Although the implementation of plastic bag levy has resulted in less use of bags, the prevalence of non-woven bags (also known as environmentally friendly bags), which are made of plastic but often reused, has dropped people’s guard. Therefore, people might accumulate lots of shopping bags at home. In order to promote reusing, recycling and the BYOB culture, we are collecting spare shopping bags from the public to be placed at the Shopping Bags Sharing Stations at the Tsuen Wan LNY Fair for all to use.

We are now inviting organizations and institutions to collect clean shopping bags of any kind and material (e g. non-woven fabric or nylon). We will provide an A3-sized poster (left) to be placed at the point of collection. Participating organizations will receive an E-certificate of Appreciation.

Collection period: 8th – 19th Jan 2018

Interested parties can download the form from our event website ( http://greensense.org.hk/greenLNY ), or send an email to greenLNY@greensense.org.hk

Bag collection points are listed as follows:

  • Office of District Councilor Ms. LAM, Lam Nixie (Belvedere Garden)
  • Office of District Councilor Mr TAM Hoi-pong (Ma Wan)
  • Saint Monica’s Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten (Tsuen Wan)
  • Ho Fung College (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen)
  • Club house, Chelsea Court
  • Bo Shek Mansion
  • Clague Garden Estate
  • Moon Lok Dai Ha
  • Summit Terrace
  • Vision City

Green LNY Fair Ambassadors

Green Sense will need lots of volunteers to help with a series of waste management and recycling measures in the Tsuen Wan LNY fair, so as to promote the concept of “waste reduction at source”,  “clean recycling” and “resources sharing”, as well as to enhance the green awareness of the public and merchants.

Main duties:

Recycling shopping bags, promoting waste reduction at festivals, promoting the GSL Programme, assisting in the recycling and the donation of goods, and educating the public on clean recycling

Period: 10th – 16th Feb 2018

Location: Sha Tsui Road playground

*Allowance will be provided

Please stay tuned to our website and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hkgreensense/

 

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