Workers at a charity recycling centre in Tuen Mun have a special name for one alley in their compound - Sai Yee (Laundry) Street, after the one in Mong Kok.
It is here that dozens of washing machines are tested to see if they still work.
The machines are not necessarily old or in poor condition. Some not only work well but have seldom or never been used.
'A man just sent this machine from Mid-Levels. It is really wasteful as it looks brand new,' a worker from the charity recycling centre said, testing the machine that would cost thousands of dollars to buy.
Adjacent to Laundry Street is 'Ice House Street' where refrigerators of different brands, sizes and ages are arranged in rows, waiting to be tested.
All these appliances are part of the stock stored at the government-funded EcoPark in Tuen Mun. They are tested, refurbished and redistributed to needy people or properly taken apart for resale of parts and final disposal as landfill.
The new centre, run by St James' Settlement, opened in December. It replaced a processing centre in Kowloon Bay and is double the former site's size.