{"id":171,"date":"2012-11-28T23:26:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/?p=171"},"modified":"2015-01-06T23:26:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T23:26:16","slug":"southside-glass-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Southside Glass Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This pilot project has come swiftly just some two weeks ago.&nbsp; We are lucky to have a bunch of Southside locals who have long been keen on glass recycling to organise and liaise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: \u65b0\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4, serif;\">&ldquo;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">In my past 15 years living in Hong Kong I&rsquo;ve been waiting for the day the glass we used at home can be recycled&rdquo;, said Christine, a Stanley resident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span>Southside Glass Recycling radiates from Stanley.&nbsp; A collection centre will be set up in Stanley Plaza with glass collection bins for community use on the 3rd floor.&nbsp; Businesses on Stanley Main Street are targets for glass recycling. We will also consider participation of the residence complexes en route depending on the availability of transport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span>The community collection point in Stanley Plaza operates from 11am to 2pm.&nbsp; In addition to a part-time staff, we need one volunteer to help each time.&nbsp; The bars and restaurants on Stanley Main Street taking part in glass recycling will perform source separation and gather sacks of bottles on a designated location for our collector to deliver to the central glass collection site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: \u65b0\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4, serif;\">&ldquo;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Southside Glass Recycling Initiative&rdquo; is an environmental protection pilot project sponsored by Southern District Council and EPD.&nbsp; The Hong Kong Dumper Truck Drivers Association is responsible to oversee and assist, while the job is mainly on the enthusiastic Southside glass friends&rsquo; hands.&nbsp; Stanley Plaza also supports by provision of collection point and logistic assistance.&nbsp; We hope that collaboration like this between the locals, civil organization and business would bring dynamics and a new option to glass recycling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: \u65b0\u7d30\u660e\u9ad4, serif;\">&ldquo;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Southside Glass Recycling Initiative&rdquo; &ndash; Kick off on 1 December!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" alt=\"\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/logo_other_version-2_path.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Facebook: Southside Glass Recycling Initiative<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Email: southsideglassrecycling@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pilot project has come swiftly just some two weeks ago.&nbsp; We are lucky to have a bunch of Southside locals who have long been keen on glass recycling to organise and liaise. &nbsp;&ldquo;In my past 15 years living in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/?p=171\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenglass.org.hk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}