Melody is among a group of Hong Kong hikers who have been voluntarily picking up rubbish along the city’s rural trails.

But whilst it may reduce litter in the mountains, Melody says littering can never be truly tackled if people’s attitudes and behaviours don’t change.

File photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP.

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Elvis Yu

Elvis Yu is a freelance journalist based in Hong Kong. He has a journalism masters from the University of Hong Kong and has an interest in video stories about minority communities, Asian politics and Hong Kong culture.