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Resource
Conservation and Waste Reduction in Action
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Cement
Substitute-PFA
In the past year, we saved 22 000 tonnes of cement. We did this
by using a substitute called Pulverised Fuel Ash (PFA)
as a partial cement replacement. Using PFA is doubly beneficial
to the environment because PFA is also a waste product from
Hong Kong's coal-fired power stations. Next year, we will increase
the use of PFA by increasing the proportion of cement being
replaced. We estimate that this will save 30 000 tonnes of cement.
Collect Waste Paper for Recycling
We collected significantly more waste paper for recycling
than previous years. In total, we collected about 428 800 kg
of waste paper from our offices' 343 collection bins. We also
beat our paper consumption target by 1.5% with 8.5% of our photocopying
paper coming from recycled sources. |
Landscape
Design and Green Slopes
Outstanding
Green Design Award 2000
We won the Silver Award in the Landscape Design category
of the Outstanding Green Design Award 2000 for our Ma Hang Village
Phases 2 & 3 Development Project in Stanley. |
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Green
Treatment to Slopes
We now have in place measures that will increase the number
of green slopes. We carefully monitor the need to use shotcreting
for slope maintenance works. In the past year, we provided green
treatments to 4 previously concrete surfaced slopes. Over the
next 4 years we plan to treat another 220 slopes. The work on
50 of these will be completed in the coming year. |
Community
Participation
Waste
Recycling Campaign
171 estates participated in Phase 4 of the Waste Recycling
Campaign. We presented awards to the housing estates with
the best recycling record. These included the HA Estate Champion
Award and the HA Merits Awards. |
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Tree
Planting Days
With the help from the community during Tree Planting Days,
last year we planted 447 trees in existing estates. |
Green
Estate Photo Competition
We received about 500 entries for our Green Estate Photo
Competition. The winning entries were exhibited at different
commercial centres to showcase and increase awareness of environmental
improvements to our estates. |
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Environmental
Family Competition
Last year, we co-organised the Environmental Family Competition
with Green Power. The prize for the winners will be a trip to
visit environmentally conscious families in Japan.
Environmental Family Competition
In co-operation with Friends of the Earth, we presented the
Environmental Protection Award to the commercial tenants
with the best achievements in environmental protection. |
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