Bins aim to curb monkey business
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Hong Kong's country parks draw more than 11 million visitors every year - who leave behind 3,800 metric tonnes of trash. There is a two-pronged strategy to end the resulting rubbish piles: newly designed animal-proof bins, and a campaign urging visitors to take their litter home.
News.gov.hk spoke with Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation staff to learn how the new bins keep monkeys at bay, why it is important for wildlife to be weaned off the people-food diet they have grown addicted to, and how park visitors can play a role.
The story appears on news.gov.hk today (October 18) in both text and video format.
Ends/Sunday, October 18, 2015
Issued at HKT 10:00
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