Improving Hong Kong Street Waste Disposal Experience May 2019 | Page 12

GOVERNMENT FAILS
TO INNOVATE WHILE
SOME COMPANIES
& INDIVIDUALS ARE
TRYING TO BRING
IMPACT BUT STILL AT
A VERY SMALL SCALE
LOCAL ARTIST WHO CARES
Luke Ching is a Hong Kong artist living in Tai Po, New Territories. He started caring about
waste bins and cleaners after seeing a smart “design” done by a cleaner, putting an aluminum
tray on top of the ash tray area of the bin to make her work easier.
He then started to do different things aiming to raise awareness of the topic including writing
a letter and posting it on different waste bins to encourage the public to respect the cleaners,
and amending the cracks on bins to prevent cleaners from getting injured etc.
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BONAQUA’S WATER STATION
In December last year, Bonaqua
announced that they will install 300
water station across Hong Kong by
end of 2019 in order to reduce one
time plastic usage which aligns with
Coca Cola’s overall vision “World
without Waste”.
The design of the station was fine
tuned based on feedback captured
during their pilot. With safety and
hygiene as their two main focuses, the
doors of the stations are locked with
a sensor and water inside are carbon
water from Bonaqua.
WATSONS’ PLASTIC BOTTLE RECYCLING
MACHINE
Earlier this year in January, Watsons Water announced that
they will introduce 400 plastic bottle recycling vending
machines across Hong Kong. Users will get up to $50 online
cash coupon from Watson’s partners for example Park n
Shop after they reach a certain numbers of points and
sign up to their membership. This initiative is not limited
to Watsons plastic bottles, but open to all bottles from all
beverage brands that can be recycled.
INSIDE OUT APPROACH FROM
GOVERNMENT
Earlier this year in January, Watson Water announced
that they will in February, together with the Hong Kong
Government start a trial for the new solar compactor
trash can, placing them in 12 different locations across
Hong Kong. No user research was conducted before the
launch and no interviews were conducted to capture
feedback. The Government then decided to stop the trial
this year after investing $700K, saying there are areas
that still need to be improved.
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