Vita Water joins cleanup on beach where volunteers count plastic bottles HONG KONG 5 March 2014: For an entire year, volunteers collected and sorted waste found on beaches by brand label. 2872 plastic bottles were picked up and identified by brand, with the top 10 brands accounting for 55% of the bottles recovered. These brands […]
Read More »Cleanup at Pak Kok beach, Lamma Island. Once again a big thank you to all those who came out to clean up – it really is a Sisyphean task. I know it will be back in a month, just as bad. But we have to try to clean it up, if only to show people […]
Read More »36 adults, 12 kids and 4 dogs helped to remove 83 bags and boxes of trash from Pebbles Beach on north Lamma on Sunday 12th January 2014. 229 plastic bottles were picked up, 52 of which were from the Brand on the Beach winner, Vita Water, and 3 of which contained pee. We also picked […]
Read More »Vita Water wins the most popular “Brand on the Beach” award for second year HONG KONG 8th January 2014: For a year, volunteers collected and sorted waste found on one small beach facing Hong Kong Island by brand label. They picked up 2,872 plastic bottles from 150 brands. And the top 10 brands, all of […]
Read More »Better Waste Management in Hong Kong: A District Planning Approach Presented to KS Wong by Living Lamma, 7th July 2013 Strategy is not a Problem 2013: Blueprint for Sustainable use of Resources 2005: A Policy Framework for the Management of Municipal Solid Waste (2005T2014) 1995: Lamma Conservancy Association Community Waste Minimisation Plan 1993: Government Review […]
Read More »Waste Management in Hong Kong A District Planning Approach Presented to KS Wong by Living Lamma 7thJuly 2013 Strategy is not a Problem 2013: Blueprint for Sustainable use of Resources 2005: A Policy Framework for the Management of Municipal Solid Waste (2005T2014) 1995: Lamma Conservancy Association Community Waste Minimisation Plan 1993: Government Review of 1989 […]
Read More »Response to the Consultation Document on A New Producer Responsibility Scheme on Glass Beverage Bottles Submitted to the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) Background If Hong Kong is to tackle its waste problems we need to inspire change. Though some sectors of the community might take issue with bearing the cost of waste disposal, this is […]
Read More »Meeting in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex Living Lamma started four years ago in response to dumping on agricultural land. When we failed to achieve any action to address this problem, we conducted a survey into what is causing the severe deterioration in our living environment. All of the problems with rubbish, […]
Read More »Beach Party by P. K. Pebbles My name is Pebbles, though for much of my existence I was without a name. That was before the lady with the pink hat came along. I like the name. It suits me. It’s something to aspire to. The P. K. stands for Pak Kok, a name of place […]
Read More »The public consultation on the future of the Lamma ex-quarry is currently underway (http://www.ex-lammaquarry.hk/). Though the public has been given little opportunity to examine the options, the Chief Executive has already determined the outcome by promising to hand over the land to private developers for real estate development. Hong Kong has competing needs for housing, […]
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