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Release of the 2021 annual report of the Drink Without Waste campaign
1. Release of the 2021 Annual Report of the Drink Without
Waste campaign
Date: 7/4/2022, 10am
Speakers:
Paul Zimmerman, General Manager of Drink Without Waste Limited
Edwin Lau, Founder and Executive Director of the Green Earth
Harold Yip, Co-founder and Executive Director at SSID and Mil Mill
2. Harold Yip
Co-founder & Executive Director
Secure Information Disposal
Services Limited
免「廢」暢飲年度報告 2021 傳媒發佈會
Paul Zimmerman
General Manager
Edwin Lau
Founder and Executive Director
The Green Earth
7 April 2022 10:00 a.m.
葉文琪
資訊機密處理有限公司
聯合創辦人及執行董事
司馬文
免「廢」暢飲
總經理
劉祉鋒
綠惜地球
創辦人及總幹事
Annual Report 2021 Press Release
Drink Without Waste
Drink Without Waste
3. Drink Without Waste 2021 results announcement
● More than 260 million plastic bottles and 7 million liquid cartons were collected in 2021
● HKD$7.97 million expenditure in 2021
● Bulk collection of recyclables from cleaners is the key to success
● Calling on Government to change all water fountains to bottle refills stations
Highlights 2021
Outlook 2022
● 2022 is expected to be a difficult year for recycling due to the pandemic
● Government to report outcome of public consultation on the PRS for plastic beverage containers
6. Highlights 2021
vetted and trusted recycling plants
processed the used bottles
recovered
4
We collected close to 50 million plastic bottles and distributed $4.2 million subsidies in
2021 with a pilot scheme aimed at cleaners.
53
recyclers
mobilised
1000+
cleaners and
collectors
benefitted
$0.05
subsidy per
bottle
in 11 months
Bulk collection of recyclables from cleaners is the key to success
Subsidizing
$0.05
per bottle
7. Highlights 2021
Bulk collection of recyclables from cleaners is the key to success
Small Material Recovery Facilities (SMRFs)
Places where cleaners collect, sort and consolidate recyclables. These include
refuse rooms, refuse collection points, parking areas, etc.
8. Calling on Government to change water fountains to
bottle refills stations
Highlights 2021
9. 44 quarantine hotels in Hong Kong
4 bottles of water distributed daily
88,000 bottles are wasted per day
~500 rooms in each hotel
2022 is expected to be a difficult
year for recycling due to measures
related to the pandemic
Outlook 2022
One example:
10. 2. Industry subsidy schemes to grow the recovery of the used beverage containers
1. Government is expected to report the results of the public consultation on a
producer responsibility scheme for plastic beverage containers
Outlook 2022
3.Promote the separation and recycling of used beverage containers
by property managers
4. Award program celebrating cleaners who keep recyclables separate