Nestlé Hong Kong offers upcycled hangers in recycling campaign with Hong Chi Association

Nestlé Hong Kong has strengthened its partnership with Hong Kong-based NGO Hong Chi Association to expand a plastic recycling campaign to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. 

Both organisations formed partnership last year to implement the “Type 5 PP Plastic Recycling Pilot" campaign. This year, both of them received support from various property management partners in the city, such as Kai Shing Management Services and Nan Fung Property Management to expand the recycling network to Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. A total of over 50 recycling points will be in service this year, motivating and facilitating more citizens to recycle Type 5 PP to reduce waste. 

In addition to the recycling points, the campaign will launch online workshops and activities to promote environmental protection and enhance environmental awareness among the public. Type 5 PP plastic is polypropylene, which is light, heat resistant and sturdy and one of the most widely produced commodity plastic in the world. 

“Nestlé Hong Kong is committed to supporting sustainability, and we launch different initiatives in response to social needs to create shared value for our society. For sustainability, our vision is that none of our packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfills or as litter," said May Chung, general manager of Nestlé Hong Kong. 

The programme was launched in Yuen Long in August 2020, including over 30 recycling points to facilitate citizens to recycle different Type 5 PP plastic used in their daily lives such as food packaging and containers. As of 30 June 2021, the pilot campaign recycled around 900KG of Type 5 PP plastic, equivalent to over 22,500 takeaway meal boxes.

The result exceeded both organisations' expectations as it doubled the target. The pilot campaign also included an inter-residence recycling competition under the pilot campaign. Central Park Towers located in Tin Shui Wai topped the list, followed by La Grove in Yuen Long and Villa Premiere in the same district. In addition to recycling, the pilot campaign also explored different possibilities of upcycling the collected plastic into other household items.

Eventually, the collected plastic was upcycled into 3,500 pieces of eco-friendly hangers, demonstrating to the public that the recycling programme really yields results to help protect the environment. 

"Hong Chi Association has long been active in driving environmental protection in the community. This campaign offered more training and job opportunities in recycling for our Hong Chi trainees, and the general public could have more understanding for their abilities via those public education activities, further promoting social inclusion," said Edwin Lam, general secretary of Hong Chi Association.

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