Green Collar Incubation Hub

Environment
24 March 2022

Green Collar Incubation Hub

A Plastic Ocean Foundation, Hong Kong

In recent years, a growing number of recycling stations has been noticed in many urban communities, housing unwanted household items. Recyclables in the rural side, however, do not share the same story – valuable recyclables are often turned into mismanaged waste or even pollution menace, where recycling facilities or services are lacked or limited.

Hoping to change the narrative in the rural setting, ZeShan Foundation has partnered with A Plastic Ocean Foundation (“APO”) to develop a community-led waste management model in rural villages. In this one-year pilot project, two cohorts of passionate young adults will be equipped with professional training on recycling operation. Guided by APO’s recycling partners, the trained green collars will then take the lead on running a series of community recycling drives for people residing in villages located in the New Territories West. These range from collecting household plastic waste to processing them into quality recycling materials that can be repurposed for a second life.

Through mainstreaming the green practices in rural neighbourhood and cultivating a pool of green talents, ZeShan hopes to test and demonstrate this alternative model in strategically addressing the growing waste problem and rivitalising the recycling industry in Hong Kong.

Alexa Li
Assistant Program Manager
ZeShan Foundation

A Plastic Ocean Foundation's Education Team is introducing rural green facility and the natural habitats of Ha Tsuen to university students

APO’s Education Team is introducing rural green facility and the natural habitats of Ha Tsuen to university students

A Plastic Ocean Foundation's Education Team has been invited to offer a career talk on Green Opportunity and Employment for IVE (Shatin)

APO’s Education Team has been invited to offer a career talk on Green Opportunity and Employment for IVE (Shatin)

A Plastic Ocean Foundation's Education Team's mobile clean recycling station where our officer is introducing the concept of clean recycling to rural residents

APO’s Education Team’s mobile clean recycling station where our officer is introducing the concept of clean recycling to rural residents

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