(22 April 2024 SCMP) The theme of Earth Day 2024 is Planet vs Plastics, advocating a 60 per cent reduction in global production of all plastics by 2040…
Author: The Green Earth
How can Hongkongers pay less in waste charges? Just recycle
(5 April 2024 SCMP) A trial period of the municipal solid waste-charging scheme started on April 1, with 14 locations across the city testing out…
港拓「低空經濟」 無人機表演勝煙火
(2024年3月26日 專欄) 財政司司長陳茂波在《2024-25年度財政預算案》中宣布,為了促進旅遊業和本地經濟,每月將在維多利亞港上空舉辦煙火和無人機表演。他表示每場表演花費約100萬元,所以希望以贊助來支付煙火表演的成本。
Let’s aim for reusables, not green disposables
(26 March 2024 SCMP) The first phase of Hong Kong’s ban on disposable plastic tableware and other single-use products will take effect in…
綠惜地球就《實施都市固體廢物收費的進度報告》的回應
(2024 年 3 月 22 日新聞稿)政府於今日將《實施都市固體廢物收費的進度報告》上載到立法會環境事務委員會網站,並公布垃圾徵費「先行先試」的處所名單,清單上只有 14 個處所,政府大廈更只有西九龍政府合署會參與,與早前民間期待的全面、大規模測試相去甚遠,綠惜地球擔心是次測試規模和成效有限,未能讓民間從中學習實際操作和釋除民間疑慮。
How Hong Kong can speed up the move towards carbon neutrality
(13 March 2024 SCMP)
Many Hongkongers may not be aware of the court case won last month by Michael Mann, a climate scientist
綠惜地球回應《2024-25年財政預算案》
(2024 年 02 月 28 日新聞稿) 財政司司長今日公布《2024-25年財政預算案》(下稱預算案),綠惜地球認為預算案在綠色基建、金融和運輸的發展著墨甚多,可惜未有乘著垃圾徵費的契機,加快循環經濟的發展。以下是綠惜地球對預算案的回應:
How Hong Kong’s budget can best channel green investments
(15 February 2024 SCMP)
The 2024-25 budget will be unveiled by Financial Secretary Chan Mo-po on February 28. The Green Earth would like to share the views it expressed on environmental measures during a budget consultation meeting.
綠惜夜行2024 順利舉行 The Green Earth Night Walk 2024 Successfully Completed
The Green Earth Night Walk 2024 was successfully completed with over 550 participants hiking up Hong Kong’s highest peak!
Waste charging delay: how Hong Kong can make it count
(24 January 2024 SCMP)
One of Hong Kong’s most heated debates of late has been about the delay, once again, of the plan to charge residents for waste disposal.