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‘Green Office’ Symbol Design Competition: Our PerfOrmance

Winner 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up

We closely monitored paper and envelope consumption and reminded colleagues to be
environmentally conscious and minimise paper and envelope use as far as practicable. The
green office management of the Department in terms of consumption of paper and envelopes in
2017 is indicated below:

z a decrease of 9.56 per cent in consumption of paper as compared to 2016.

z an increase of 36.33 per cent in consumption of envelopes as compared to 2016. This was
mainly due to the increased volume of correspondence with different stakeholders arising
from increased numbers of planning applications and a number of controversial draft OZPs
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Other green measures included :

z 1 086 used toner cartridges disposed of by trade-in;

z 18 566.6 kilograms of paper collected for recycling. Recycling bins placed in offices to

collect used aluminium cans and plastic bottles;

z 24 boxes of used clothes, handbags, shoes, toys and houseware, two boxes of electronic

accessories, one monitor, one shredder, one notebook computer, one personal computer,
five mobile phones and four tablets, two cameras, etc. were collected for reuse by charitable
organisations;

z guidelines circulated to staff regularly to remind them that shark fins and other endangered
species should be avoided as cuisines for official banquets or departmental staff activities as
an endeavor of environmental protection; and

z government/departmental forms uploaded onto the Intranet for staff’s easy retrieval.