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Posted inEnvironment & Health

Plastic pandemic hits Hong Kong as takeaways surge under Covid-19

by Varsity10:02, 24 December 202010:24, 24 December 2020

By Fiona Cheung, Kassandra Lai and Kayi Tsang A student in a traditional blue cheongsam waited in a long queue outside a restaurant. While other students returned to school with their lunch in a white styrofoam box, she handed over her own lunchbox to a hesitant waitress after ordering a takeaway. Emily Cheung Yee-kwan, 18, […]

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China to ban plastic bags in major cities and single-use straws from restaurants by end of 2020

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China’s ban on plastic waste imports throws global recycling into chaos

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McDonald’s Hong Kong still producing plastic waste and violating its own no-straw policy, environmentalists say

by Holmes Chan11:21, 26 February 201922:40, 31 March 2020
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Big brands at Davos are eager for solutions to the plastic waste crisis… which they created

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In Pictures: Taste Supermarket refuses to take back plastic packaging as activists dump 4 trolley loads

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Café de Coral, McDonald’s and IKEA rein in use of plastic amid pressure from environmentalists

by Kris Cheng07:50, 28 December 201822:36, 31 March 2020
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Greenpeace urges major fast food chains to offer HK$3 discount to customers who bring their own utensils

by Kris Cheng15:55, 20 December 201822:29, 31 March 2020
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17.5m pieces of plastic flow to the sea from Hong Kong’s Shing Mun River every year: Greenpeace

by Kris Cheng19:16, 18 October 201822:23, 31 March 2020
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Hong Kong McDonald’s to cut use of plastic straws and styrofoam containers

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