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Articles and features on living a green lifestyle for millennials, from eco-friendly and sustainable living, to veganism, environment, recycling and renewables.
Coca-Cola has started using recycled plastic supplied by a local company. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Coca-Cola goes green in Hong Kong with locally recycled PET bottles

Bottling partner Swire Coca-Cola starts using locally sourced recycled PET from Hong Kong supplier New Life Plastics.

Fashion

Love second-hand clothing? How to find quality pieces and shop sustainably

Fashion

Redress takes circular fashion advocacy to the UN, spotlighting Asia’s role

Hong Kong

She was at the height of her career. Then she moved to a village of 30

For residents of Nam Chung, in the northeastern New Territories, the privations of rural living are worth the rewards of escaping the rat race.

An aerial shot of Nam Chung, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak
Hong Kong environmental issues

Waste-charging scheme will remain on the shelf indefinitely, Hong Kong confirms

Hong Kong government indefinitely shelves the long-delayed pay-as-you-throw scheme amid global trade war and rising geopolitical risks.

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Food and Drinks

Have too many mooncakes? How to donate them to people without in Hong Kong

Millions of mooncakes go to waste every year in Hong Kong and boxes and packaging end up in landfills. Here are charities that help.

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Sustainability

She started with recycled toilet paper. Now she’s taking on luxury fashion

Elvis & Kresse have redefined sustainable luxury, turning 315 tonnes of landfill-bound waste into handbags and belts – and it all started in Hong Kong.

Kresse Wesling. Photo: Catherine Hyland
Australia

Sayonara, soy fish: Australian state bans plastic containers in world first

The small size of the 30ml takeaway packs makes them difficult to recycle, South Australia’s environment minister says.

Trip Inspiration

8 sustainable getaways: are these the world’s most eco-friendly destinations?

Singapore, Copenhagen, Bhutan and others put the planet and local communities first.

Hong Kong environmental issues

A year after axing waste-charging scheme, is Hong Kong better off?

Officials cite trash volume declines and more recycling activity as victories, but environmentalists say the numbers do not paint the full picture.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
Sustainability

Can you trust that ‘eco’ label? How to shop sustainably online

There is no single way of knowing for sure whether a product online is sustainable. Experts reveal what to look for on boxes and websites.

[Shutterstock] Green leaf eco friendly symbol stamp printed on cardboard box. Co2 neutral, ecology, environment, nature and climate concept. Stock Photo ID: 2041962542
Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for August 23-24

Enjoy Aqua’s new Summer Weekend Brunch – with Angus beef and sashimi – on Saturday, then head to Repulse Bay on Sunday for a weekend wellness wind down.

Tourism

Catch trains, not planes: why your next European journey should be by rail

While often slower, train journeys tend to be more comfortable, greener and more interesting – they just take a bit of extra planning.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | No better time than a property slump to ‘future-proof’ urban Hong Kong

Genuine consultation, better communication, and policy with targets and teeth – like Singapore’s – are needed to ensure city’s sustainability.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong restaurants may start testing alternatives to plastics in next 2 months

Food containers among items in second phase of single-use plastics ban, as environment minister first looks to gauge feedback.

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The environment minister says authorities hope to implement the second phase of the single-use plastics ban “as soon as possible”. Photo: Eugene Lee
Food and Drinks

Let’s drink to that: the real cost of putting sustainability on the menu

What Hong Kong bars really face when it comes to going green.

Architecture and design

In Hong Kong, Editecture creates sustainable designs for brands like L’Occitane

‘Turning waste to wonder’ is the motto driving design firm Editecture’s sustainability projects – here’s how they give plastics new purpose.

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Environment

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what to do about it

Plastic fibres are common in many kinds of clothing, but most current washing machines are ill-equipped to filter them – and it’s having a devastating effect on the environment.

Rachael Z. Miller, founder of the Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, conducts a tape test on clothing items to compare how much each material sheds microfibres. Photo: AP
Hong Kong environmental issues

70 Hong Kong retailers allegedly sold oxo-degradable plastics despite ban: NGO

Green Earth says investigation suggests plastic bags, bin liners and pet waste bags labelled as ‘oxo-degradable’ had been sold by retailers.

Architecture and design

A piece of Hong Kong in your living room

Heritage and urban living inform a collection of locally designed and crafted furniture on show in Milan, Italy, as part of Hong Kong Interior Design Week.

Sustainability

Can this eco-tech platform revolutionise sustainable packaging?

PostMag talks to 5 women innovators at the top of their game and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery: here we meet Wendy Lam, founder of EzyGreenPak.

Wendy Lam, founder of sustainable packaging company EzyGreenPak. Photo: TMT
Fashion

‘It’s what I’ve dreamed of’. Lab-grown diamonds are on the rise

Cheaper than mined diamonds and with no conflict associations, artificially created stones are becoming more popular. Just ask Leo DiCaprio.

A laboratory-cut diamond ring from Liori Diamonds. Photo: Instagram/lioridiamonds
Food and Drinks

How hyperlocal practices are transforming Hong Kong’s fine dining scene

As the city’s restaurants delve deeper into sustainable practices, hyperlocal ingredients are helping to reduce footprints while creating incredible new dishes.

Fashion

‘Fear is not an option’ for Diane von Furstenberg, ‘still kicking’ at 78

The fashion designer reflects on risk taking, what her mother’s experiences taught her, and creating a dress still popular 51 years on.

Asia travel

City near Mount Fuji creates unique lodgings in unused buildings

In Shizuoka, Japan, commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation to draw more visitors and help revitalise the city’s economy.

The lounge area of a vacant commercial space in Shizuoka, Japan, converted into guest accommodation. Photo: Instagram/birupaku_shizuoka
Fashion

From fashion shopaholic to eco-activist, one woman’s story

After learning about fast fashion and its impact on the environment, reformed shopaholic Lee So-yeon hasn’t bought clothes in 6 years.

South Korean Lee So-yeon was a fast-fashion shopaholic before she found out how wasteful it was. She has not bought any new clothes for the past six years. Photo: AFP
Wellness

Paper tissues or handkerchiefs, which is better for you and the planet?

Cloth handkerchiefs are more sustainable than disposable tissues, although they can harbour germs if not washed or stored properly.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong to end pilot plastic recycling scheme as Green@Community expands

‘Centralised Waste Plastics Collection’ pilot programme will end on January 19 as recycling habits in the city have matured, official says.

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