Despite Hong Kong’s full implementation of the Plastic Bag Charging Scheme in 2015, plastic bags at wet markets are exempted due to food hygiene reasons. Our group did in-depth research into the issue and recognized that there is plastic bag abuse at Hung Hom Wet Market. Customers hesitated to break their habit of using plastic bags due to misconceptions and lack of incentives. Our project aims to encourage them to take their first step in reducing plastic bags. We introduced an inclusive and progressive ‘Green Market Pilot Scheme’ at Hung Hom Market which had 3 different strategies for 3 types of people: ‘Green Shops Vouchers’, ‘Self-service Boxes’ and ‘Demonstration of minimizing the use of plastic bags’.

Tutor: Jonathan Yu