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Elizabeth Cheung


All family walks and nature trails will become bin-free by the end of this year as part of the government’s effort to reduce rubbish in country parks.
The new measure follows a sharp reduction in trash collected at trial sites where all bins were removed in the first phase of the “Take Your Litter Home” programme, which was launched in September last year.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department told a Country and Marine Parks Board meeting on Friday that it planned to remove 256 bins – around half of the current number of bins – along trails in country parks – by the end of the year.
They include all bins along family walks and nature trails and some bins along long hiking trails.
But the bins will not be totally removed from the city’s 24 country parks for the time being.
In the first phase of the programme, all litter bins were removed from five trial sites in different country parks to encourage hikers to take away their litter.
“The amount of litter collected at the trial sites from October 2015 to July 2016 dropped significantly by 72 to 97 per cent ... We therefore consider there is scope for the removal of more litter bins,” a spokesman for the department said.
Ma On Shan country trail recorded the greatest drop of 97 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.
He said the second phase of the programme, starting next month, would target students, youngsters and junior hikers as hiking had recently become a popular activity for families and young people.
The department and 21 supporting organisations will hold activities for people of different age groups during the second phase to raise public awareness about waste reduction.


Hong Kong family walks, nature trails to become bin-free by year’s end

The government wants to ensure this does not happen in Hong Kong’s country parks. Photo: Red Door News

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The government push is aimed at encouraging hikers to take their rubbish home


Hong Kong family walks, nature trails to become bin-free by year’s end

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The government push is aimed at encouraging hikers to take their rubbish home