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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recycling Programme The WEEE Recycling Programme aims to channel WEEE for reuse and recycling instead of disposal. Since October 2010, St James' Settlement (SJS) was granted funding support from the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) to implement the WEEE GO GREEN programme to enhance the service and move from the Kowloon Bay Waste Recycling Centre to a larger recycling workshop at the EcoPark WEEE Recycling Centre. This programme is focused to recycle major designated items, including television sets, refrigerators, washing machines, video or audio equipment, microwave ovens, fans, water heaters, rice cookers, air-conditioners, heaters, electronic games and mobile phones. Other home electrical appliances will also be collected to recycle. In the past six years, the different types of WEEE collected through the WEEE GO GREEN programme amounted to about 1,600 tonnes in total, all of which have been reused or recycled. The collected items that are still serviceable are donated to the needy for reuse after checking and refurbishment. Other items are dismantled and recycled. It is estimated that to date the programme has donated over 25,000 pieces of refurbished equipment to some 7,800 needy families. Progressive Implementation of Producer Responsibility Scheme The implementation of the PRS on WEEE is making good progress while the WEEE Go Green programme operated by SJS was expired by October 2016. Various services provided under the WEEE Go Green programme have been succeeded by the operator (ALBA-IWS) of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Treatment and Recycling Facility (WEEETRF) under the PRS or by other services to further assist people in properly handling their e-wastes. At present, the WEEETRF is under construction. The operator is also making the necessary preparations for the operation phase, including the progressive establishment of the collection network. The various WEEE collection, donation and refurbishment services have been succeeded by the WEEETRF’s operator or by other services. Details are as follows.
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