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Our staff are continuing their efforts to reduce office
waste and have won awards for their efforts. These include the Gold
Logo Award under EPD's Wastewi$e Scheme and a Merit Award under ECC's
Green Office Award Competition.
Achievements last year include collecting 10.2% more waste paper from
staff for recycling (or 143 251 kg) and reducing paper consumption
to 12.3 reams of paper per staff (down from 12.75 in the previous
year).
In the past year, we made the following achievements under the Wastewi$e
Scheme:
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High recycling rate of toner cartridges (74%).
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Increased use of recycled paper (from 8.5% to
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Used fewer wooden pencils (43.5% less). |
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New office equipment purchased in the
last year included 29 double-sided photocopiers. We place stickers
on photocopiers to remind staff to save paper. Also our fax machines
use plain instead of thermal paper, which reduces the need for photocopying
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Environmental Building Design
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We are continuing our efforts to strengthen the environmental
design of our buildings for each stage of their life-cycle. In the
past year, we have been arranging a study on life-cycle costing and
analysis of our buildings to enhance their design and environmental
friendliness of their building materials. We expect to know the findings
of this complex study by mid 2003. The information will allow us to
enhance procurement and design decisions to better take account of
environmental considerations.
In addition, in the past year we have explored environmentally friendly
work techniques and technology, including the application of alternative
waterproofing agents and underground repair trenchless technology.
We are now reviewing the results on their technical performance before
deciding on wider adoption. |
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