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of recycling. Under the observation of the environmental prefect team, it has been

observed there are non-recyclable items in the recycling bins, this is owed to the lack
of environmental awareness of recycling and protection.

 Education of students of the awareness on the principles of ‘3R’ are not

comprehensive enough. The awareness of reuse and reduction are not enough. Students
only rely on the progress of recycling. This produces a large amount of municipal solid

waste Excessive takeaway (SDGs 12.3 Problem related to ‘halve global per capita food
waste’)

 Facing the problem of large amount of food waste, it has been measured that there
are averagely more than half of our schoolmates could not finish their food. Although

the school has purchased a food waste processor to deal with such a problem. However,

schoolmates have a low understanding and knowledge of environmental issues. The
food waste processor is not able to function due to the high workload.

 Insufficient use of school resources (SDGs 12.5 Problem related to ‘substantially

reduce waste generation’): The school has offered technological water dispenser to
students. However, the dispenser is not frequently used by students. According to the

report from the ICT team, the dispensers have only been used 400 times per dispenser.

3.4.2 Consumerism prevails (SDGs 12.5 Problem related to ‘substantially reduce waste
generation’)

Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods

and services in ever-increasing amounts. Under globalization, trends and fast fashion

of consumerism are spread through the whole community or even whole Hong Kong.
People tend to placing too much emphasis on personal pleasure and ignore the

destruction caused on the nature.

3.4.3 Shallow coverage/support from the school and government are insufficient to promote
sustainable development

Most activities are only for selected students. As a result, most of the students could not

join in these activities. Thus, this cannot enhance their environmental awareness. This
remains a challenge for the school and the teachers.

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