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Holiday alert: Waste not, want not!
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     The festive season is fast approaching - with the promise of feasts. Before you sit down to another groaning table, keep an eye out for Foodwise ambassador Big Waster - and heed his advice: "Order only portions you can finish, buy only what you need. Please be conscious, stop the waste."

     Big Waster is joining green group Greeners Action on excursions to crowded streets and shopping malls, to reward customers who finish all the food they ordered, and to highlight participating restaurants' efforts to collect food waste for recycling.

     The effort is part of the Environmental Protection Department's ongoing Food Wise campaign, which has also prompted householders to start collecting food waste at home to be turned into fertiliser.

     A feature that highlights some early campaign successes appears today (December 15) on news.gov.hk in both text and video format.

Ends/Sunday, December 15, 2013
Issued at HKT 10:22

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