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Industry Support Programme
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Environmental Association Limited ISP-1718-07-003 (Project details)

Assessment

Vetting

Protection of the Project Data Confidentiality

Project Details

Enterprise Support Programme

Standard Project

Relocation Rental Support Project

Projects from New and Start-up Enterprises

One-off Rental Support Scheme

One-off Recycling Industry Anti-epidemic Scheme

Industry Support Programme

Supporting Residential Buildings in Adopting Smart Bins Technology in Food Waste Collection and Recycling

One-off Frontline Recycling Staff Support Scheme

Project,Management,Chart,On,Virtual,Screen.,Schedule.,Timeline.

Project Details

Project Details
Reference No.	ISP-1718-07-003
Applicants	Environmental Association Limited
Summary of Project Results	The applicant conducted a trial programme to collect community recyclables with the adoption of reverse vending machines (RVM) and point redemption scheme with a view to analyse the business viability and collection efficiency of such collection model. The major tasks of this project include project mainly focused on the followings: • Set up Recycling stations (Reverse Vending Machine, RVM) with incentive/rewards in different communities to encourage residents to recycle at these stations for sorted materials • Collect 2 types of recycled materials (including: aluminium cans and plastic beverage bottles) by RVM • Record recycling history and user recycling habits data through the installation of a real-time monitoring and recording system in RVM • Collect data, analyse and share experience with the recycling industry and relevant stakeholders
Project Deliverables	Case Sharing: Reverse Vending Machine (In Chinese Only)
Commencement Date	19-Apr-2018
Completion Date	18-Oct-2020
Project Duration (Months)	30
Approximate Approved Amount (HKD)	$2,490,000
Type(s) of Recyclables	Waste plastics, waste metals
Target Quantity Processed^(1)(2)(3)(tonnes)	<100

Notes:
(1) Target quantity processed refers to the quantity of recyclables expected to be collected for the whole project.
(2) The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
(3) Some Industry Support Programmes aim to enhance the overall capability and productivity of the recycling industry, including providing training courses to enhance the skills of recycling practitioners, enhancing safety and health standards and certification/ registration schemes, developing guidelines and setting up economic incentive schemes, etc., and therefore no target quantity processed was set.