Over 80% of packaging used for beverages ends up as waste in Hong Kong’s landfills. In 2017 this amounted to over 1.7 billion units. On the current course, by 2030 the numbers will swell to over 2 billion units per year.
In 2017, local NGO’s together with Hong Kong’s leading beverage producers and bottlers, representing nearly half of bottle water and soft drinks sold in Hong Kong, joined major retailers and the waste industry to form of the Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group. The Group pledges to work towards 70%-90% recovery rates for PET containers and liquid cartons in Hong Kong and with all parties – government, producers, retailers, recyclers and consumers – working closely together, this increase could be achieved by 2025.It operates under the brand Drink Without Waste.
The Group first commissioned a comprehensive study to inform a clear and unanimous position statement which was subsequently launched in December 2018. The paper outlines strategies and actions to address the increasing mountain of waste from sealed single use beverage containers in Hong Kong. The Group is currently developing and implementing a strategy for the establishment of a Producer Responsibility Scheme as well as raising public awareness to reduce the use of single use beverage packaging.

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2022 Annual Report
May 8, 2023
Sophie le Clue
A Perfect Storm, Justice, Ambition, Transformation We are pleased to release our 2022 Annual Report, highlighting the work of our programmes across an extraordinary year, wherein the Conference of the Parties to three of the ...
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Stan Shea, Hong Kong Marine Biologist, Awarded Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation
March 22, 2023
Liberty Mccarthy
We are proud to announce that Stan Shea, ADMCF’s Marine Programme Director has been selected by The Pew Charitable Trusts as a recipient of the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. Stan is one of seven international ...
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Webinar: International Online Workshop on the Use of Fish Maws – Implications for Species, Fisheries, People and Sustainability
March 10, 2023
ADMCF
This workshop has now taken place. Watch the recordings here and view or download speaker presentations here. Fish maws (swim bladders) have been used in various products for centuries including food, isinglass (used in brewing ...