Recyclable Materials

23 Aug 2012

Despite Hong Kong's reputation as one of the world's most tech-savvy cities, a mere 1 per cent of residents recycle their old phones at designated recycling sites.

Designers see the light

27 Jul 2012

When it comes to home lighting, the trend is towards larger fixtures and softer, warmer design elements.

Race trashed over poor recycling

15 Jul 2012

Organisers of last week's Club Crew World Championship dragon boat races have been criticised for failing to offer sufficient recycling facilities - not least by a team who used recycling to pay...

Network plans to recycle unused food to the needy

9 Jul 2012

Secondary school students, new immigrant mothers, community food banks and NGOs have banded together to form a food donation network targeting Hong Kong's supermarkets and food manufacturers, with...

Falling price of waste paper hits scavengers

24 Jun 2012

While Europe's leaders struggle with bailouts, bankruptcies and a possibly failing currency, the fallout is being felt by the poorest on the streets of Hong Kong.

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Excessive caution leaves reserves going to waste

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Where the middle class reach for a glass

Ten years ago, Martin Lee, an engineer in Guangzhou, would never have imagined spending 680 yuan (HK$828) on a bottle of cabernet sauvignon. Today, he drinks at a members-only wine club in the...

Waste charge on products must have financial incentive for consumers

I refer to the letter by Syed M. Sumayed ('HK cannot solve its serious waste problems with stopgap measures', May 27). The idea, in principle, of a charge for polluters is good, but it could be...

Students throw away lots of plastic bottles

Students throw away an estimated 20 million plastic water bottles every year. That is equivalent to the area of 16 football fields.

COOL stuff

Wine is so sensitive that it doesn't like being bottled. It can close down temporarily, immediately after the stress of being moved from its barrel or tank - the so-called 'bottle shock'.

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HK cannot solve its serious waste problems with stopgap measures

Some advocates of recycling have called for more recycling bins.

I believe that boosting the number of these bins will only partially solve the waste problem in Hong Kong.

The corkscrew

The wine world is full of gadgets but the basic method for extracting a cork from a bottle hasn't changed much since the first corkscrew was patented, in 1795, by Reverend Samuell Henshall in...