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Green Outreach

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Overview

To strengthen the publicity and education as well as on-site support for waste reduction and clean recycling at community level, the EPD set up the Green Outreach to provide outreaching services at the territory. Through on-site guidance and hands-on demonstrations, the Green Outreach regularly educates the public about the importance of waste reduction at source, encourages and facilitates the pubic to practice source separation of waste and clean recycling, promotes and plans the GREEN@COMMUNITY services, disseminates the latest information on waste management and also assists public rental housing, housing estates and residential buildings that have participated in the "Programme on Source Separation of Waste" to improve their recycling practices, as well as to arrange trainings for property management staff and frontline cleansing workers on proper handling of recyclables. In addition, the Green Outreach also conducts promotional and educational activities on waste reduction and clean recycling in the community, in order to encourage the public to incorporate source separation of waste and clean recycling in their daily lives.

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Promotion on Clean Recycling - EPD Green Outreach staff demonstrating to a young lady the simple steps of rinsing plastic beverage bottles with water for clean recycling
Promotion on Clean Recycling - Child playing at a game booth, distinguishing 'recyclable' items from 'non-recyclable' ones
Promotion and Education - Green Outreach staff introducing the message of 'Dump Less, Save More, Recycle Right' to the residents in a talk
Training to Frontline Staff - Green Outreach staff showing training materials of different types of recyclables to cleaning staff
On-site Assessment - A property management officer showing the setup of waste separation facilities at a corner of residential building
Practical Advice and Support - Green Outreach staff conducting a questionnaire survey with staff of property management company
Activity snapshots - photos taken with Partners such as Property Management Companies / Residents Organisations in various recycling promotion events
Mascot Big Waster promoting GREEN@COMMUNITY in front of a game booth

GO will contact residential estates/ buildings in all 18 districts of Hong Kong, understand their recycling arrangement, assist them to solve practical problems such as finding suitable outlets for recyclables. GO will also collaborate with Recycling Stations and Recycling Stores in districts to promote the services of community recycling network and to conduct public education on waste separation at source and clean recycling.

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If your living or working premises is interested in the community recycling support service of the Green Outreach (GO), the property management company, incorporated owners or residents’ organization can contact the GO via the EPD hotline or by email.