Experiential Learning Project Profile
GH02-002
RECYCLE FOOD WASTE!
Compost For Farms and Education For Schools
Our Social Mission:
To promote food waste recycling in
community.
Student Learning:
Students will learn about food waste
recycling, community communication
strategy and development of public
education materials.
Project Opportunities:
• Study on food waste recycling.
• Have a deeper understanding on the situation of the island
community, including the people’s value, habits and needs.
• Conduct research for and identify the good practices of food waste
recycling so as to contribute to sustainable development.
• Support OIWA in doing food waste recycling project.
• Promote food waste recycling to the local communities in Mui Wo
and Ping Chau Island.
• Communicate with different stakeholders to raise their awareness on
food waste source separation and recycling.
• Provide the participating families with air-tight food waste
containers for them to separate and gather daily food wastes.
• Collect and send the food wastes to OIWA’s environmental education
farms, where the food waste composter has been installed to
process the food waste. The compost produced will be used in
organic farming so as to fully utilize the waste. The environmental
education farms treat the food waste and test the compost
produced.
• Distribute the products to local communities for use, once the
compost produced is viable for farming.
• Design public education materials, coordinate and facilitate
environmental education workshops in the farms.
• Promote the workshops to local primary and secondary schools
so as to let the students to understand more about food waste
recycling and sustainable development in Hong Kong.
PROJECT LOCATION
Mui Wo and
Ping Chau Island,
Hong Kong
COMMUNITY PARTNER
The Hong
Kong Outlying
Islands Women’s
Association
(OIWA)
KEY AREAS
Food Waste, Recycling,
Organic Farm, Community
Communication, Education
Interested faculty members are
welcome to contact Dr. Dennis Cheung,
Lecturer of GHELC
Phone: 2219 4828
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ghelc.hku.hk