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The Vanishing Tastes: 5 Common Food Highly Influenced by Climate Crisis
Speaking of global warming, the faraway scenes of melting icebergs, overheated polar points, or wildfires set off in Australia would pop up in the minds of most Hong Kong people, projecting false images these happenings are too distant to many of us. In fact, they can be close to our mouths! Why is it? Numerous…
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“Plastics Goes Wild” into the Water Cycle – the First-ever Microplastics Quantity Survey in Hong Kong Countryside Streams Rings the Bells
Greenpeace has just conducted the first pilot survey on the quantity of microplastics in the countryside streams of Hong Kong. The finding is alarming: microplastics were recorded at the front end of the water cycle. To protect the environment, not only shall we leave no trace, but we shall also reduce waste from the source.
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Missing Brownfields: Hong Kong Brownfields Report 2021
The government identified 1,579 hectares of brownfields in its first official brownfield data in 2019. Using similar research methods, our research team identified 1,958 hectares of brownfields...
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Plastic-free Business Opportunities – Stories of 5 Hong Kong Business Owners
Greenpeace initiated the #PlasticFreeNow campaign in 2018. Since then, we have been mapping out plastic-free initiatives and encouraging possible solutions to the plastic waste issue. In 2021, the “citywide plastic-free investigation team” of our Plastic-free Community has been reactivated. We believe: “With you, It is Possible”. Here we are going to share the plastic-free strategies…
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7-Eleven Taiwan announces phase-out of single-use plastics, a first in Asia!
7-Eleven Taiwan has announced that it will phase out single-use plastics, the first major convenience store chain in Asia to do so. This is a big deal for Greenpeace’s plastic-free…
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7-Eleven announces single-use plastics phase-out in Taiwan, first in Asia: Greenpeace response
TAIPEI, 6 May 2021- 7-Eleven Taiwan has announced that it will phase out single-use plastics by 2050, the first major convenience store chain in Asia to do so.
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People power! A milestone set to curb plastic: ParknShop announced further plastic reduction commitment
People power! A milestone set to curb plastic: ParknShop announced further plastic reduction commitment
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Biodegradables will not solve China’s plastics crisis: Greenpeace
BEIJING, 17 December 2020 - Increased production of biodegradable plastics will not solve China’s plastics pollution crisis, a new report from Greenpeace East Asia shows. If the rush to produce biodegradable plastics continues, China’s e-commerce industry is on track to generate an estimated 5 million tonnes of biodegradable plastic waste per year by 2025 [1],…
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Behind the scene: Paragliding action to “Save Our Lantau”
Two volunteer paragliders, bearing the message of ‘Save Our Lantau’, were flying above the beautiful nature of Lantau on 30th September. This is an action to showcase the strong will…
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‘Analysis of Lantau Tomorrow’s Impact on Hong Kong Public Finance’ Report
Greenpeace jointly published the ‘Analysis of Lantau Tomorrow's Impact on Hong Kong Public Finance’ report with Prof. Andy Kwan Cheuk-chiu, former associate economics professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and director of ACE Centre for Business and Economic Research. The report finds that Hong Kong’s public finance is facing multiple crises such as…