Green Tips

Procurement of Goods

• Introduce green  specification in procurement of  stock items (e.g. environmentally friendly printer cartridge, rechargeable batteries, energy saving personal computer and monitor).

• Impose supply chain pressure to require suppliers to provide information on their environmental performance.

• Introduce green marking scheme in  tender assessment.

Procurement of Services

• Introduce green marking scheme in tender assessment.

• Impose supply chain pressure to require contractors to provide information on their environmental performance.

• Collect, analyze information and take follow-up actions regarding contractor's environmental regulatory performance.

• Suspend contractors from tendering if the contractor has been convicted repeatedly of environment related offences.

 OFFICE-BASED WASTE RECYCLING

Implement waste separation and recovery programmers for office recyclable items (e.g. exhausted

printer cartridge, dried fluorescent pen, empty plastic canister, unwanted 5-inch floppy diskette, broken ballpoint pen parts, office plastic waste, and exhausted mobile phone battery.

ECO-DRIVING

Reduce Fuel Consumption

• Use videoconferences to reduce the need for travel.

• Plan the route by combining trips wherever possible, and avoiding heavy traffic.

• Ensure that staff turns off idle vehicle engines during waiting time.

• Control fuel consumption by encouraging staff to share pool car.

• Join pooling system of government vehicles to maximize the use of vehicles between departments.

• Maintain moderate speed and accelerate smoothly.

• Maintain correct tire pressure.

Minimize Vehicle Emissions

• Use ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel for diesel vehicles (e.g. trucks, buses, and light buses).

• Use unleaded fuel for petrol vehicles (e.g. private cars and motor cycles).

• Install diesel-oxidation-catalysts in diesel vehicles.

• Introduce environmentally friendly vehicles, replace all pre-EURO I vehicles progressively with new vehicles meeting the latest emission requirements, retrofit catalytic converters to some EURO I Diesel engines on trial basis, retrofit passive particular traps to some EURO I and EURO II Engines on trial basis.

• Achieve good vehicle servicing and maintenance, and check conditions regularly, e.g. check the emission level of vehicles, and leakage during routine maintenance.

Waste Recycling

• Participate in retreaded  pilot study.

Regular maintenance inspection of the plumbing fixtures to prevent leaks and dripping.

• Install water saving faucets, e.g. Timer taps in toilets and water saving, self-stopping taps.

• Reduce flushing cistern volume.

STAFF AWARENESS AND TRAINING

Provide information to staff and increase staff awareness of various environmental aspects and measures through posters, leaflets and labels on e.g. waste, energy and paper savings, either by distributing it or by displaying it in prominent locations to increase staff awareness.

• Issue regular reminders and guidelines on best green practices to increase staff awareness of green practice guidelines.

• Provide training regularly for relevant staff, e.g. seminars, workshops, and training courses on green management, EMS or environmental audits.

• Encourage staff to contribute ideas on green practices e.g. through staff suggestion scheme. Arrange competitions and give awards to winning proposals to raise staff’s awareness, e.g. cash prizes or departmental commendations.

• Set up "Green Corners" on the Department's notice boards for the purpose of displaying environmental information or provide green management corner on the departmental computer network or send information on e-mails.