'Using banknotes as an example [of behaviour that damages the environment], most people prefer to give away new notes to friends and relatives, but they've never thought about the amount of paper, energy and print ink that goes into the production of those notes'
- Green Power's Cheng Luk-ki
'Although the government has always encouraged producers to recycle wrapping paper, it won't really be effective until the authorities come up with a law forcing manufacturers and packaging designers to consider the recycling issue'
- spokesman for Friends of the Earth
'Degradable plastic shopping bags still have significant environmental impacts upon disposal. When they disintegrate, they could release gases and contaminate water, or produce leachate'
- spokesman for the Environmental Protection Department