Becoming Campus Recycling Expert

The teaching resource pack provides support teachers in promoting the concepts of waste reduction and recycling in schools and GREEN@COMMUNITY recycling facilities through various lesson plans, worksheets, teaching activities, and extended activities. It also encourages students to invite their family members to practise source separation and recycling in their daily lives.

• Lesson plan and worksheets (primary schools)
• Extended activities (primary and secondary schools)

Teachers can review the videos below to familiarise with the usage of the teaching resource pack and the overview of waste reduction, waste management measures and community recycling support in Hong Kong.

Secondary School Teachers (Chinese only)
Primary School Teachers (Chinese only)

• Clean Recycling
• GREEN@COMMUNITY community recycling network

Students can customise virtual identities in the game and be awarded special gifts after accomplishing missions. For details, please read the promotional leaflet (Chinese version only)
Please click here to explore GREEN@METAVERSE

• Source Separation and Recycling Information
   
• Tips on Clean Recycling at Schools
  • Paper
  • Metals
  • Plastics
  • Glass bottles
  • Video 1
  • Video 2
     
• "Waste Reduction is our New Style" Video
  
  
• Food Waste Management and Recycling Information
  • Poster
  • Video
     
• Beverage Carton Box Recycling (Teaching Materials Provided by Vitasoy International Holdings Limited)
  • Teaching materials (Primary 1 to 3) (Chinese only)
  • Teaching materials (Primary 4 to 6) (Chinese only)
     
• Clean Recycling Trilogy
  • Episode 1 (Chinese only)
  • Episode 2 (Chinese only)
  • Episode 3 (Chinese only)
     

• Programme on Source Separation of Domestic Waste
   
• GREEN@COMMUNITY Community Recycling Network
  • Introduction
  • Video
    
    
• Kerbside recycling bins at rural areas
   
• Smart Recycling Systems:
  • Poster
  • Leaflet
     
• GREEN$ Mobile App:
  • Poster
  • Video
  • GREEN$ digitalisation
     
• Reverse Vending Machine Pilot Scheme
  • Poster
  • Video

Provide students with the latest information on waste reduction and recycling, as well as community recycling facilities through promotion booths. 。

Period: 3 hours per session (waste reduction and recycling promotion booth only) / 5 hours per session (diverse promotional activities containing at least 2 items from promotion booth, seminar and workshop)
No. of participants: At least 150 (promotion booth) / at least 200 (diverse promotional activities)

Application method:

• Schools shall fill in and submit the application form 1 month before the proposed event date (e.g. if you wish to conduct the event on 1 November 2026, the application should be sent to the EPD by 1 October 2026). Subject to service demand, we will provide services according to your indicated priority of the proposed exhibition period as far as practicable.
• The EPD or its co-organiser will contact schools to discuss the arrangement after confirming the reservation.
• Schools shall read the terms and conditions of the application form. By submitting the application, the school agrees to the terms and conditions.

Educate students with environmental knowledge like waste reduction and recycling, community recycling facilities, etc. in a comprehensible way. It is suitable to be carried out in assemblies and other special teaching activities.

Duration: Each seminar lasts for around an hour
No. of participants: At least 100

Application method:

• Schools shall fill in and submit the application form 1 month before the proposed event date (e.g. if you wish to conduct the event on 1 November 2026, the application should be sent to the EPD by 1 October 2026). Subject to service demand, we will provide services according to your indicated priority of the proposed exhibition period as far as practicable.
• The EPD or its co-organiser will contact schools to discuss the arrangement after confirming the reservation.
• Schools shall read the terms and conditions of the application form. By submitting the application, the school agrees to the terms and conditions.

Schools can apply for educational panels for short-term display in the campus. Schools can flexibly decide display period and purposes according to their own needs, with a view to enhancing students’ understanding of source separation of waste.

Service period: September to December 2026
Loan Period: Up to 7 days
Content: Waste management policies, waste hierarchy, principles of waste reduction and recycling, recyclable types and collection, community recycling network etc.
Note: Campus must have sufficient space to place the educational panels (4m(W) x 2m(H))

Application method:

• Schools shall fill in and submit the application form 1 month before the proposed exhibition date (e.g. if you wish to start displaying the panel on 1 November 2026, the application should be sent to the EPD by 1 October 2026). Subject to service demand, we will provide services according to your indicated priority of the proposed exhibition period as far as practicable.
• The service operator will contact schools to discuss the arrangement after confirming the reservation.
• Schools shall read the terms and conditions of the application form. By submitting the application, the school agrees to the terms and conditions.

Students can learn about environmental knowledge like waste reduction at source and resources circulation etc. interactively through participating in the guided tours of the GREEN@COMMUNITY recycling facilities, waste-to-energy and waste-to-resources facilities.

Schools can contact the nearby Recycling Stations to arrange visits or participate in their source separation and recycling education activities. Quotas will be allotted on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Operators do not guarantee to arrange relevant activities to schools. Please find the contact information of the Recycling Stations here

Schools can arrange visits to the following facilities through the links:

• Organic Resources Recovery Centre “O · PARK1” : Hong Kong’s first food waste recycling facility, food waste will be converted to energy after management, and some will be made into compost.
• Sludge Treatment Facility “T · PARK”: Converts sludge into electricity through incineration technology to supply to entire facility’s needs, with surplus energy available for the public grid.

Visit to Corporate’s Green Management Practices

In collaboration with Nan Fung Group, guided tours of the AIRSIDE office building will be provided to schools, allowing students to learn about corporate’s strategies for waste reduction and recycling, as well as sustainable development, including smart waste management, green building, and carbon emission and recycling rate surveillance etc.

Service periods:
(1) 4 and 11 December 2026 (Friday) (4 sessions)
(2) 8, 15, 22, 29 January 2027 (Friday) (8 sessions)
(3) 19 February 2027 (2 sessions)
(4) 5, 12, 19 March 2027 (Friday) (6 sessions)
Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
(1) 10:00 am to 11:30 am; or
(2) 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Quota: 20 sessions
No. of participants: Maximum of 20 students per session, led by a teacher
Content: Please visit the Nan Fung Group's Good Date Institute Instagram

Application method:
Schools must apply to the EPD by telephone at 2838 3111 or email at we_recycleschool@epd.gov.hk at least one month prior to the intended visit date, specifying the proposed activity date, time, contact details and methods. Tours are available on a first-come, first-served basis. After successful booking, the Nan Fung Group will contact the school 14 calendar days before the visit to discuss the arrangements. Students are required to wear neat school uniforms.

Schools can contact the contractors of “GreenLink – Environmental Education Support Programme” directly to arrange environmental education activities (such as school talks, field trips, workshops, etc.)

Hotline：3488 5178
Email：greenlink_eesp@ce3.org.hk

Schools can apply for the 3-colour waste separation bins through the “Waste Separation and Recycling Scheme in Schools” for separation of waste paper, metals and plastics.

Interested schools please fill in the application form, and email or fax to the Secretariat of the Environmental Campaign Committee (Email：ppssw@eeb.gov.hk / Fax：2909 9514)