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Home Affairs launches the "Community
Used Clothes Recycling Bank" Scheme
The Home Affairs Department today (August 14) launched
the "Community Used Clothes Recycling Bank"
Scheme to support environmental protection and help
people donate used clothes to charities.
Four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) experienced
in used clothes collection were appointed as scheme
managers to look after "banks" placed at 172
off-street locations.
"The 'Community Used Clothes Recycling Bank' is
a community participation scheme. It is a partnership
of NGOs, the Government and District Councils (DCs)
to facilitate people to donate used clothes," an
HAD spokesman said.
With the consent of concerned government departments
and owners' operations/property management agents, District
Officers of 18 districts have identified 172 locations
for placing the "banks", which include parks,
sitting-out areas, sports centres, libraries, entrances
of community halls/ community centres, and common parts
of private buildings/commercial centres. (See Annex
I for list of locations.)
The four organisations appointed as the scheme managers
are Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong), Christian Action,
the Salvation Army and the Conservancy Association.
(See Annex II for contact information of the Scheme
Managers and their responsible districts)
All approved charitable institutions and trusts of
a public character under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue
Ordinance are eligible to apply for operating the "banks".
Interested organisations should approach the four scheme
managers direct.
The scheme managers will, until the end of August,
process applications for operating the "banks"
in the October to December quarter. Participating organisations
may operate the banks on their own, or seek assistance
from the scheme manager in areas such as transportation,
sorting, processing and disposal of used clothes.
Interested organisations can visit HAD's website for
details of the scheme (www.had.gov.hk/en/public_services/com_clo_rec_ban_sch/index.htm)
On enforcement action against on-street used cloth
collection cages, the spokesman added that more than
300 cages had been removed since mid-July. As no owners
had come forward to claim the cages, no charges have
been laid. Concerned departments will eventually apply
for court orders to confiscate the removed cages.
Ends/Monday, August 14, 2006
Annex I:
Location list (PDF)
Annex II: Scheme
Managers and responsible districts (PDF)
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