Food Waste Recycling Schemes

Overview

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has been providing free point-to-point food waste collection services for commercial and industrial premises through the Pilot Scheme on Food Waste Collection. Food Waste Recycling Points and Recycling Spots are set up at refuse collection points and “restaurants clusters” respectively, and smaller-scale restaurants can make arrangements to send their food waste to these designated locations for recycling. The food waste collected through the above initiatives is delivered to the Government’s treatment facilities for turning into energy and compost.

 
 

Point-to-point Food Waste Collection Services

The EPD currently provides free point-to-point food waste collection services for public and private premises with larger quantity of food waste, such as food factories, wet markets, hotels and shopping malls, through the territory-wide Pilot Scheme on Food Waste Collection (Pilot Scheme).

If premises interesting in participating in food waste recycling are located in a venue (e.g. shopping mall) that has joined the Pilot Scheme, they can directly contact the property management company of the venue or the EPD to arrange for using the food waste recycling bins provided. The list of shopping malls participating in the Pilot Scheme can be downloaded here.

Download application form for Pilot Scheme on Food Waste Collection here.

 
 

Food Waste Recycling Points at Refuse Collection Points

The EPD is progressively setting up Food Waste Recycling Points at refuse collection points (RCP) under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to collect food waste generated by restaurants and households nearby. Currently, Food Waste Recycling Points have been set up at 65 RCPs and will be extended to about 100 in the second quarter of 2024. Locations of Food Waste Recycling Points at RCPs can be downloaded here.

 
 

Food Waste Recycling Spots

The EPD has set up Food Waste Recycling Spots in “food and beverage clusters”, aiming to collect food waste generated by restaurants by means of a booth set up at a designated location and time on a daily basis. This trial scheme has currently been implemented in 13 districts, and will be extended to more districts in 2024. Locations of Food Waste Recycling Spots can be downloaded here.

 
 

Enquiry

Please contact the EPD on the above food waste recycling schemes.

Tel: 2838 3111
Email: fwc@epd.gov.hk