Green Walled City: I'm Collecting Garbage For Goods

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October 16, 2022

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Hong Kong may appear clean because its cities are clean, but the truth is that it is no different from other countries in that it is still unable to create a perfect waste collection system. The recycling infrastructure is also limited, and some residents, particularly those in government housing, are unable to collect their waste on their own. As a result, some garbage that was not collected is stuck in some dump sites.

The poor residents, on the other hand, are doing the part of collecting cardboard boxes and other recyclable wastes and selling them in recycling factories. This somehow helps them earn a decent amount monthly to suffice their needs.

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As a nature lover, it saddened me to see Mother Nature suffer as a result of humans' improper waste disposal. When I first moved into this house five years ago, I felt guilty every time I disposed of recyclable waste because there were no sites or stations in this city that accepted it.

So when the Green Walled City was opened in our city, I took my part to help collect recyclable garbage and put them in the Green Walled City station.

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This is part of the waste reduction program of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) in Hong Kong, and also to encourage residents to properly dispose of their garbage, to partake in recycling recyclable wastes, and develop a green community.

When the recycling station was established, I took the initiative to save recycling waste at home to encourage this Chinese family to participate as well. I was surprised when they decided to save recyclable waste as well.

Recyclable waste is saved for the week and they are disposed to the recycling station every Friday or Saturday. Our recycling box was already full, so I needed to deliver them to the station yesterday morning.

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Bottles should be emptied and cleaned before delivering them to the station.

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Someone at home likes drinking wine and beers, and the other one likes buying bottled apple cider juice, so we always have a lot of bottles and cans here at home.

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To easily dispose of them at the station, I would segregate them first according to their types: plastics, papers, bottles, metals, and others if we have more.

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All were packed separately and placed in a huge bag, ready to be discarded.

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Staff are assisting the recyclers in sorting and collecting their waste. All wastes are recorded with corresponding points.

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Recyclers have their own green card where accumulated points are stored. This has been with me for quite a long time. You can tell from those scratches and faded color.

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The points can later be redeemed in exchange for some goods, such as rice, noodles, oil, snacks, and others.

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Using my 3350 points, I was able to take home 1kg of rice, 900ml of canola oil, and a pack of vermicelli noodles. The rewards are lesser in comparison to the money we could earn if we sold them in recycling factories, but the true reward of saving nature is priceless.

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The types of recyclables accepted here include:

  • paper
  • metals
  • plastics
  • glass
  • regulated electrical equipment
  • fluorescent lamps
  • rechargeable batteries
    And other accepted recyclables.

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All collected recyclables in this station will then be delivered downstream on a certain day for processing. Aside from this station, there are other stations too in other parts of Hong Kong.

I sincerely commend EPD Hong Kong's waste reduction program for encouraging the public to properly dispose of their waste and send it to this station. There will be more green living culture communities if the public continues to cooperate in recycling waste.

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Do you still remember my travel blog to Little Dubai of Hong Kong?

This wave-like canopy is made up of thirty thousand plastic bottle caps collected from improper waste disposal along the harbor. The bottle caps were turned into art and are now one of the attractions in East Coast Park Precinct, alongside The Harbor Wave architecture.

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You can click here to read more about this tourist attraction.

We aren't capable of collecting all garbage in our place, but if each community will help together, then we can save Mother Nature and we can have a healthier and green community.

(All photos are mine)

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This is an amazing initiative, I feel like if it's done in my country, It will help a whole lot because right now, the streets are filled with trash which is incredibly sad.

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That's indeed sad.. And can also cause sickness, especially to kids..

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That's a nice way to encourage people to recycle.

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Kaya nga. Mababawasan ang basura..

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Great work Jane! Save the environment, 1 step at a time!

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Indeed.. Change starts with the community

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A very interesting content @jane1289.
Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on your high level of green awareness

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That's a great thing to start with to reduce pollution and help a little in waste management.
Good to see your initiative to build green living culture.

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Thanks. Just my little way to contribute something to the community..

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I am surprised to see cardboard boxes on the street in Hongkong. Nonetheless, its government's program and initiative to collect waste are incredibly amazing.!

The facility where the waste is stored is so clean too! Hope we will have this program in the Philippines.🤞

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Those are from different shops. They are giving those boxes to the poor people who are collecting them..better than being stuck along the street...
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Whoa, that's actually cool ha. I never heard that kind of program here in Philippines or maybe I am just behind the news as always. But really, ang ganda sana kapag ganito no. I can imagine the happiness od our mother earth with this gesture. Tho, di pa rin talaga sapat kasi mas maganda if it will be done as a whole, whole world huehue

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I guess walang ganyan haha.. Kung meron man....mababwasan sna basura sa mga kalye at karagatan. .

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I did some moonlighting work in my local recycling program and we Canadians, locally, are terrible in properly sorting out the different bulk categories of re-usable material. Beverage containers see a high rate of recycling because there is a cash deposit system on many drinking products yet many residents don't bother getting their 10 cent deposit refunded. The worst being Organic food and garden waste mixed in with paper/cardboard as a contaminate. Bulk buyers reject loads with too high a contaminated bulk unit. We still got a long way to go ourselves.
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That's bad.. And yes it is common in western countries....this is even a huge problem in our country... I wonder how the world will be in the future if millions of trash are improperly disposed...
There are ways to lessen our trash actually. Those with empty lots can just bury some biodegradable garbage and they can have fertilized soil for gardening..we are doing this at home...
Then recyclables send to factories.. They can even earn money from that... And it's a huge help to save this planet...
Thanks for stopping by !LADY

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That is really nice sis. Sana may ganyan din dito sa atin lalo sa city. It is scary to think that without proper waste disposal and recycling, how would mama earth be in years to come.

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Kaya nga. Kawawa kabataan ngayon sa hinaharap

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That is great you get an incentive to recycle Janey Jane Jane. We don't but we should all be doing it anyway.

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This is interesting and EPD is trying to save mother nature as well so people don't litter everywhere with wastes which could affect the land too.

That's a good reward you Redeemed your point for and that I can say is a big motivation to always take the recyclables to the right station.

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True.. So far, people in this city are cooperating as I can see people recycling each day 😊.. I great progress... !CTP

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This is incredible. Mother nature will be glad. This is beautiful, you all working together is truly wonderful.

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Environmental sanitation is utmost priority to an healthy society
Found through @dreemport

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