The medium-term goal set out in the “Waste Blueprint for Hong Kong 2035” is to gradually reduce the per capita MSW disposal rate by 40-45% and raise the recovery rate to about 55% by implementing Municipal Solid Waste Charging. To achieve this target, we have to make greater efforts in mobilising the entire community to practise waste reduction and implement measures for achieving waste reduction and recycling on a considerably larger scale. Event organisers should donate or recycle the surplus materials as far as practicable to reduce waste generation.
Planning large-scale events requires a comprehensive and detailed waste management plan to reduce waste generation and collect useful materials for reuse, recycling or upcycling. Event planners can contact and arrange for the suppliers/social enterprises/charities to implement relevant waste reduction measures before, during and after the event. For details, please refer to the following information (names are in no particular order):
Our Support Services
Before the Event
Event planners can contact suppliers/social enterprises/charities to arrange for the provision of exhibition production & management related services, tableware rental/cleaning services, water refilling stations, green catering services, green gifts/souvenirs, and draw their support for green event consultancy services before the event in order to achieve the target of waste reduction.
(I) Exhibition Production & Management Related Services
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Eon Event Services Ltd. |
Provide furniture & AV equipment rental service and marquee solution for events, exhibitions, road shows and promotion campaigns in Hong Kong |
3568 2593 |
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EXPO KING |
Provide exhibition booths and promotional materials rental services |
3188 1370/ |
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GL Events |
Provide eco-designed event equipment & furniture rental services and eco-friendly event solutions & design productions |
2754 9487 |
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ExPro Services |
Provide eco-friendly solutions for Conferences, Congress, Exhibitions and Corporate Events |
2132 6792 |
(II) Tableware Rental/Cleaning Services
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Invisible Kitchen |
Catering equipment and tableware rental services |
2711 5788 |
http://www.invisiblekitchen.com/hong-kong-catering-equipment-rental/ |
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Pyjama |
Catering equipment and tableware rental services |
2872 8771 |
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Shamrock |
Catering equipment and tableware rental services |
2547 8155 |
https://shamrock.com.hk/ |
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We Use |
Tableware rental services |
6933 4011 |
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WilFred Catering |
Catering equipment and tableware rental services, cleaning and sterilising services |
2870 0535 |
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Zebra Catering |
Catering equipment and tableware rental services |
3565 4119 |
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CTDW |
Tableware cleaning and sterilising services |
3468 2088 |
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Wash up |
Tableware cleaning and sterilising services |
2319 2888 |
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BottLess |
Provide eco-sustainable cutlery lending service |
3996 1936 |
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AND-JOY |
Tableware rental and cleaning services |
5936 6458 |
(III) Water Refilling Stations
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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BottLess |
Provide innovative automatic water refill system |
3996 1936 |
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Urban Spring |
Self-designed and developed smart water dispensers are available |
3188 8072 |
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Water for Free |
Provide a location map showing the free water dispensers for the use of the public in Hong Kong |
N/A |
(IV) Green Catering Services
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Gaia Veggie Shop |
Offer vegetarian catering services - provide reusable containers |
2376 1186 |
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Man Lee Yuen Poon Choi |
Offer “Poon Choi” banquets with reusable tableware | 2477 5724/ 9666 9943 |
N/A |
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| Lively Life | Offer boxed meal (vegetarian) by using reusable containers (delivery fee is charged according to the delivery district) |
N/A |
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| Gingko Catering | Provide catering services and can rent reusable tableware at the same time | 8209 3088 | http://www.catering.org.hk/ | |
| Invisible Kitchen | Offer catering services in an environmentally preferable and sustainable manner | 2711 5788 | office@invisiblekitchen.com | http://www.invisiblekitchen.com/ |
| Seamart | Offer catering services with environmentally preferable lunch boxes and reusable tableware | 3709 9123 | info@seamart.hk | https://www.seamart.hk |
| WilFred Catering | Green catering services offering plant-based diets (Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods) and sustainable seafood catering | 2870 0535 | info@catering.com.hk | https://catering.com.hk/en/ |
(V) Green Gifts/Souvenirs
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Eco-Greenergy |
The Zero Grounds Coffee Campaign for coffee grounds upcycling, food waste recycling and retail sale and provision of customisable eco products |
3689 3965 |
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Green Spark |
Provide one-stop professional gifts and gift design and custom-made services |
3611 4188 |
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Redgift |
Provide different types of custom-made environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs |
3111 6427 |
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GreenSHOP |
Provide one-stop eco-gifts production services |
8100 8654 |
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Lexngo |
Provide different types of environmentally friendly gifts and souvenirs |
3110 1208 / 5646 6053 |
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Perfect Gift |
Provide different types of custom-made environmentally friendly gifts and souvenirs |
3709 2911 |
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BottLess |
Provide green products |
3996 1936 |
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AND-JOY |
Provide environmentally friendly gifts |
5936 6458 |
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Green One Lab |
Provide environmentally friendly gifts specialised in sustainable product design and development |
9850 1204 |
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Love & Cherish |
Offer mini herbs potted plants, coffee grounds compost fertilizer, recycled paper and paper flower venue set-up service |
9884 1220 |
(VI) Green Event Consultancy Services
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
| Green Earth |
Provide green event consultation |
3708 8380 | info@greenearth.org.hk | https://greenearth.org.hk/en/ |
| BEAMS |
Provide green event consultation |
3954 5422 | hello@beamscreative.com | https://www.beamscreative.com/ |
| Earth Production |
Provide green event consultation |
9380 9175 | sustainability@earthproduction.com.hk | http://www.earthproduction.com.hk/ |
| Green Sense |
Provide green event consultation |
8100 4877 | info@greensense.org.hk | http://greensense.org.hk/en |
During the Event
Event planners can contact suppliers to arrange for the provision of waste separation facilities for recycling recyclable materials during the event so as to increase the recycling quantity.
After the Event
Event planners can contact recyclers/recycling institutions and social enterprises to arrange for donation,reusing and upcycling/recycling of materials after the event.
(I) Recyclers
Individuals and organisations who are interested in promoting and organising materials recovery and recycling programmes can look for suitable recyclers in the “Hong Kong Collector/ Recycler Directory” for collecting recyclables such as food waste, glass bottles, wood, waste paper, metals, plastics and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) banners for reuse, upcycling/recycling. For details, please refer to the “Hong Kong Collector/Recycler Directory”.
Regarding the leftovers, event planners can donate the food to the recycling institutions. In addition, if the event is a running race/marathon, the organiser can donate the surplus running T-shirts.
(II) Social Enterprises
The Government is committed to promoting the development of social enterprises (SEs) to create employment opportunities for the disadvantaged to help them to be self-reliant. It provides a new channel for people from different sectors and organisations to meet the needs of different community groups with innovative approaches, with a view to fostering a new caring culture and enhancing social harmony. The table below shows the social enterprises which are engaged in recycling and second-hand store businesses and interested in receiving donations of materials. Event planners can contact suppliers/social enterprises/charities to arrange for donation, reusing or recycling of the materials after the event. For details, please refer to the information on SEs.
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Social Enterprise |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Green Connect |
Green collection programme |
2456 2220 |
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In‧Art WorkStation |
Fabric production centre |
2409 2380 |
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3H Handicraft |
Produce creative handicraft products |
3955 1530 |
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The Salvation Army Recycling Programme |
Collect new / used clothes from the public |
2332 4433/ |
https://recycling.salvationarmy.org.hk/index.php?route=common/home |
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The Salvation Army Family Store |
Charity sale of the collect items |
2332 4433/ |
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Road to Green |
Cooperate with the government to promote recycling and run barter activity |
2453 3010 |
(III) Upcycling
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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SEE Network |
Provide a network for connecting various upcyclers |
2127 4505 |
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Hong Kong Women Workers’ Association |
Sewing cooperative workshop |
2790 4848 |
(IV) Recycling Materials for Green Workshops
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Green Come True |
Green living workshop |
9857 9619 |
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Kafeise |
Upcycling of coffee capsule |
9230 6767 | ngszeka@gmail.com | https://www.facebook.com/kafeisebrown/ |
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Indi good House |
Tie dye workshop, planting natural dyeing materials | 9858 3616 | run2treestudio@gmail.com | https://www.facebook.com/DyeliciousHouse/ |
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Ooobject |
Upcycling of products such as photo frames and home decorations |
2729 5915 | denise@ganda.org | http://ooobject.com/ |
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Lively Life |
Crafts workshop | 6730 0643 | info@livelylifehk.com | https://www.facebook.com/livelylifehk/ |
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KaCaMa Design Lab |
Upcycling of products | 9585 1096 | match@kacama.hk | http://www.kacama.hk/ |
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David’s Repurpose Workshop |
Upcycling of products such as furniture, planting platforms and handbags |
6128 3314 | david@repurpose.hk | https://www.facebook.com/repurpose.hk/ |
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St. James’ Settlement Jockey Club Upcycling Centre |
Upcycling of products such as tables, chairs and stationeries |
2835 4367/ 2835 4365 |
mm.auyeung@sjs.org.hk |
www.sjs.org.hk/en/ project/environment-details.php?id=3 |
| The Conservancy Association | Upcycling Workshop - Coasters made of corks | 2728 6781 | cahk@cahk.org.hk | https://www.cahk.org.hk/show_works.php?type=uid&u=29&lang=en |
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Green Power |
“Big Waster” DIY | 9657 3241 | ykkwan_erc@greenpower.org.hk |
http://www.greenpower.org.hk/ html5/eng/index.shtml |
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KFGB Green Hub |
Provide various green workshops and STEM environmental education program |
2996 2800 | greenhub@kfbg.org |
https://www.greenhub.hk/eng/ CoursesandWorkshops.aspx |
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Green Earth |
Provide banners upcycling workshops |
3708 8380 | info@greenearth.org.hk | https://greenearth.org.hk/en/ |
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UpCycling Plus |
To promote and educate upcycling by organising recycling guide tours and upcycling workshops | N/A | up.cycling.plus@gmail.com | https://upcyclingplus.wixsite.com/mysite |
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Love & Cherish |
Upcycling workshops - mini herbs potted plant, umbrella cloth handbags, cloth sanitary pads | 9884 1220 | lovecherishhk@yahoo.com | https://www.facebook.com/lovecherishhk |
For other organisations that are interested in providing relevant green services or receiving donations of materials from event organisers and agree to publish their information on this website, please contact EPD (Tel: 2838 3111; email: enquiry@epd.gov.hk).
Disclaimer
The above lists of waste recyclers, organisations that offer environmental services and upcycling as well as green workshops in Hong Kong are not exhaustive. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government does not warrant or guarantee that the lists are accurate or complete and disclaims any responsibility for the users of the lists or the organisations mentioned in the lists in respect of any errors therein. The inclusion of any organisations in the lists does not in any way imply endorsement by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the non-inclusion of any organisations should not be construed as indicating any negative concern by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government towards those organisations.
Government Subsidies and Other Charitable Funds
Apart from “A Waste Reduction Guidebook for Large Scale Event Organisers” (Guidebook) provided by the EPD to assist event organisers in implementing measures for waste reduction at source and clean recycling in their events, event organisers can also seek for appropriate government subsidies and other charitable funds (details)(Chinese version only) to support waste reduction activities.
(The above link only contains a non-exhaustive list of charitable funds in Hong Kong for reference.)