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March 29, 2019
Journal of Youth Studies January 2018 Volume 21 ． Issue No. 1 Serial No. 41
March 28, 2019
Youth I.D.E.A.S. 40 Society and Livelihood Stepping up Efforts in Reducing and Recycling Waste in Hong Kong 28 March, 2019 The quantity of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Hong Kong has increased more than 40% over the past 26 years, from 2.7 million tonnes in 1991 to 3.92 million tonnes in 2017, (According to the Environmental Protection Department’s report “Monitoring of Solid Waste in Hong Kong – Waste Statistics for 2017”). The amount of waste has subsequently caused growing concern and increased awareness amongst the general public. This is especially so due to the harmful effects of […]
March 28, 2019
The Youth I.D.E.A.S. announced its latest report on Stepping up Efforts in Reducing and Recycling Waste in Hong Kong The Youth I.D.E.A.S. (established by HKFYG Youth Research Centre) has released its study on “Stepping up Efforts in Reducing and Recycling Waste in Hong Kong”. Data gathered from 520 Hong Kong youth aged from 15 to 34 showed that about 60% of them had “occasionally” or “frequently” recycled plastic (66%), paper (60.6%) or metal (59.4%) in the one month before survey. However, 31.1% had “seldom” or “never” recycled garbage. Among of them, 63.6% was saying the main reason […]