LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs visits plant of Swire Coca-Cola HK and its plastics recycling facility (with photos)

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:

     The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Environmental Affairs visited the plant of Swire Coca-Cola HK and its plastics recycling facility, New Life Plastics Ltd (New Life Plastics), today (November 12) to understand the sustainable development plan of recycling and processing plastic products.

     Members first visited the museum and production line facilities in the Swire Coca-Cola HK plant and received a briefing from the company's representatives on their visions for sustainable beverage product packaging and the circular economy. Members noted that apart from adopting environment-friendly packaging designs for its beverages, the company has also invested in a plastics recycling facility, New Life Plastics, to promote local sustainable development.

     Members then proceeded to EcoPark in Tuen Mun to visit the plastics recycling facility of New Life Plastics, which is the first food-grade ready plastics recycling facility in Hong Kong. With its advanced technology, the facility processes locally disposed beverage bottles to high-quality plastic flakes that can be used for manufacturing recycled beverage bottles, thereby fostering a circular economy. Members also exchanged views with representatives from New Life Plastics on the challenges and opportunities in plastic bottle recycling.

     Members who participated in the visit were the Chairman of Panel on Environmental Affairs, Mr Lau Kwok-fan; the Deputy Chairman of the Panel, Mr Chan Siu-hung; Panel members Dr Lo Wai-kwok and Ms Carmen Kan; as well as a non-Panel member Mr Benson Luk.