Hong Kong ban on takeaway plastics to kick in on Earth Day

(19 Apr 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 10 April 2024

1. Wide of food being taken out to food counter from kitchen at Kuen Fat Kitchen restaurant
2. Mid of staff putting out tray of food
3. Various of food being packed for customers
4. Wide of customers choosing food
5. Mid of restaurant staff putting lid on plastic lunch box
6. Mid of staff packing lunch boxes and putting single-use cutlery sets, each with a pair of wooden chopsticks and a plastic spoon, into plastic bag
7. Various close of staff packing food for customers
8. Wide pan from food counter to food on display
9. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Kitty Chan, owner, Kuen Fat Kitchen Restaurant:
“It will have quite a big effect on us because of the problem of cost. Since last year, we have switched from Styrofoam to other plastic boxes. But for the single-use cutlery set, you might think it’s just a small change, but switching the plastic spoon to a paper spoon doubles the cost to us. So, it’s not so friendly to the business of the food and beverage industry.”

10. Various of staff putting rice into lunch box containers
11. Various of restaurant cupboard filled with plastic lunch boxes
12. Pan from rubbish bin filled with plastic lunch boxes to food counter
13. Mid of staff pouring lunch boxes in rubbish bin
14. Wide of customer Darren Seng having lunch
15. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese), Darren Seng, Kuen Fat Kitchen restaurant customer:
“When I’m at work, I only have an hour for lunch, and I need to eat efficiently. I don’t think it’s convenient for me to bring my own cutlery and do the washing up afterwards. It’s not convenient and I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 16 April 2024

17. Pan from Cantonese barbecue ducks and chickens behind counter to staff member delivering takeaway to customer outside shop
18. Pull out from a plastic bag of takeaway food to a customer collecting it from a takeaway shop
19. Mid of a customer collecting two bags of takeaway and walking out of a restaurant

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 10 April 2024

20. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese), Jenny Fung, Kuen Fat Kitchen restaurant customer:
“I think it will raise the cost if restaurants need to switch to better quality plastic boxes and customers will end up being charged more. We will be affected by this.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 16 April 2024

21. Wide pan from road to exterior of takeaway shop
22. Mid of staff putting food in plastic lunch boxes behind a pile of Styrofoam boxes
23. Wide of exterior of two takeaway shops
24. Mid of staff packing food with pile of Styrofoam boxes behind
25. Various of customers collecting takeaway food from restaurant counter
26. Various street scenes with people holding takeaway food bags

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 12 April 2024

27. Various setup shots of Greenpeace campaigner Leanne Tam
28. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese), Leanne Tam, Campaigner, Greenpeace:
“Any kind of plastic ban policy should aim to influence the public to stay away from plastic, we should move on, and have a new approach. We can’t continue to abuse the use of plastic which pollutes the environment. But we would like to remind the government that it should devote more resources to promote reusable instead of disposable. This is the way to solve the root of the problem. Basically, we shouldn’t put a lot of resources into producing something that is going to be used just for a few minutes and then thrown away.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 21 March 2024
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