“Hong Kong: Blueprint for Sustainable Use of Resources 2013-2022” sets out the target to reduce the per capita disposal rate of municipal solid waste by 40% by 2022. To achieve this target, members of the public should make concerted efforts to embrace the new green culture of “Use Less, Waste Less” and treasure the invaluable resources on earth. 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 equipment rental services, tableware rental / cleansing services, water refilling stations, green catering services, green gifts/souvenirs, and draw their support for waste reduction before the event in order to achieve the target of waste reduction.
(I) Exhibition Equipment Rental 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 Furniture (Asia) |
Provide eco-designed exhibition equipment and furniture rental services |
2511 9788 |
(II) Tableware Rental/Cleansing Services
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Utentials |
Tableware rental services |
6387 7907 |
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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 |
9047 1232 |
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WilFred |
Tableware rental services |
2870 0535 |
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Zebra Catering |
Catering equipment and tableware rental services |
3565 4119 |
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CTDW |
Tableware cleansing and sterilising services |
3468 2088 |
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Wash up |
Tableware cleansing and sterilising services |
2319 2888 |
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BottLess |
Provide innovative automatic water refill system, eco-sustainable cutlery lending service and green products |
3996 1936 |
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AND-JOY LIMITED |
Provide tableware rental services, environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs and upcycling workshops to promote and educate upcycling |
5936 6458 |
(III) Water Refilling Station
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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BottLess |
Provide innovative automatic water refill system, eco-sustainable cutlery lending service and green products |
3996 1936 |
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Go Cup |
Promote the habit of bringing one’s own water cups and provide reusable cups rental services |
N/A |
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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 |
Website |
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Nine To Five Ltd. |
Offer box meal using reusable containers, and a delivery fee is charged according to the delivery district |
2667 2790 |
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Gaia Veggie Shop |
Offer box meal (vegetarian) using reusable containers which should be collected and returned by the customers |
2376 1186 |
N/A |
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Man Lee Yuen Poon Choi |
Offer “Poon Choi” banquets with the use of reusable cutlery |
24775724 / 6908 9839 |
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Lively Life |
Offer box meal (vegetarian) using reusable containers, and a delivery fee is charged according to the delivery district |
6730 0643 |
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Gingko Catering |
Provide catering services with reusable tableware rental services available |
8209 3088 |
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AND-JOY LIMITED |
Provide tableware rental services, environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs and upcycling workshops to promote and educate upcycling |
5936 6458 |
(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 |
3568 2102 |
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Redgift |
Provide different types of custom-made environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs |
3111 6427 |
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GreenSHOP |
Offer eco gifts and reusable bags |
8100 8654 |
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LexZ Group Limited |
Provide different types of custom-made environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs |
3110 1208 |
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Perfect Gift |
Provide different types of custom-made environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs |
3709 2911 |
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BottLess |
Provide innovative automatic water refill system, eco-sustainable cutlery lending service and green products |
3996 1936 |
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AND-JOY LIMITED |
Provide tableware rental services, environmentally friendly gifts or souvenirs and upcycling workshops to promote and educate upcycling |
3996 1936 |
(VI) Waste Reduction Support Services
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Organisation |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Earth Production |
9380 9175 |
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Green Earth |
3708 8380 |
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BEAMS |
3954 5422 |
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, and to provide a new channel for people 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 the donation, reusing or recycling of the materials after the event. For details, please refer to the information on social enterprises provided below.
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Social Enterprise |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Community Sales Outlet |
2456 2220 |
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In‧Art WorkStation |
2409 2380 |
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3H Handicraft |
3955 1530 |
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See Through Craftsman |
2780 2283 |
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The Salvation Army Family Store |
2332 4433/ |
http://www.salvationarmy.org.hk/en/about_us/center?service=family_stores |
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Road to Green |
2453 3010 |
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Home@26 |
2612 2261 |
(III) Upcycling
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Organisation |
Relevant Service |
Telephone |
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Website |
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Aubree |
Transform food waste into high-protein fish feed |
3627 4381 |
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See Network |
Provide a network for contacting 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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Kanny’s Living Art Studio |
Glass workshop | 9885 8396 | N/A |
https://www.facebook.com/ KannysLivingArtStudio/ |
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Kafeise |
Upcycling of coffee beans |
9230 6767 | N/A | https://www.facebook.com/kafeisebrown/ |
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Made in Sample |
Leather workshop |
3616 6909/ 6846 8807 |
terry.law@madeinsample.com | https://www.facebook.com/madeinsample/ |
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Run 2 Tree Studio |
Dyelicious: Tie dye workshop | 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://www.ganda.org/ |
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Lively Life |
Crafts workshop | 6148 8800 | 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 |
http://www.cahk.org.hk/ show_works.php?type=sid&u=140 |
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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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Green Hub |
Provide various green workshops |
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-hk.org | http://bit.ly/2B8qg74 |
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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 |
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 Mr KY Choi of EPD (Tel: 2867 2562 / 3690 7741; email: greenevent@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.)