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The Pacific Garbage Patch, the popular name given to the trash that has accumulated in the north pacific subtropical gyre, is one of several areas of highly-concentrated marine debris located in the pacific ocean. Ocean and wind currents move in a circular pattern there, creating a vortex that traps and concentrates floating items in ever-increasing amounts.

This spiraling whirlpool of trash between California and Hawaii has captured the imagination of the public—and the attention of the scientific community—since it was first publicized in 1997 by Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, who came across it while on a sailing trip. The eastern Pacific Garbage Patch is created by one of five ocean gyres worldwide; the Algalita Foundation has conducted extensive research on the Pacific Garbage Patch, and most recently took part in an expedition to the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the new 5 Gyres Initiative to determine if other "garbage patches" are forming; the accumulation of marine debris we have seen in the North Pacific may well be occurring in other ocean realms.


(English version only) Source from http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/marine-debris/the-pacific-garbage-patch.html

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(*New Member)

HKGPC Founding Members

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.	CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd.
Hong Kong Disneyland	Hong Kong Housing Authority
Hong Kong International Airport	Hospital Authority
MTR Corporation	NWS Holdings Ltd.
Ocean Park Corporation	Shui On Land Ltd.
The Hong Kong and China Gas Co., Ltd.

HKGPC Fellow Members

*Advanced Eco Engineering Limited	Automated Systems HK Limited
Epson Hong Kong Ltd.	E. Tech Management (HK) Ltd.
Gammon Construction Limited	Goody Environmental (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.
Health Concept Hong Kong Limited	Hong Kong Baptist University
Kukel International Group Ltd.	PCCW-HKT Ltd.
Preton North Asia Ltd.	Print-Rite Holdings Limited
Ronin Group Enterprises Ltd.	The Hong Kong Jockey Club

HKGPC Members

2the Max Asia Pacific Ltd.	Antalis (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Bestjoin Limited	Best Trade Environmental Umbrella (HK) Co.,Ltd.
Biozone Scientific International Ltd.	Corpmark International (Hong Kong) Limited
Delight Technology Company Limited	Ecoplas (HK) Limited
Envirobuilding Solutions	*Envision Systems (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd
Fifthwisdom Technology Ltd	Flexsystem Ltd
Forleda Eco-Services Co.Ltd.	Fruitio Environment Limited
Fuji Xerox (HK) Limited	GreenGood Eco-Tech Co. Ltd.

Hip Shing Hong Development Co. Ltd.	HML International Group Limited
Hong Kong Linda Plastic Techonolgy Co. Ltd.	Laserfiche Hong Kong Ltd.
Magic Clean Environmental Services Ltd	Maxway (China) Ltd.
Ngong Ping 360 Ltd.	One Solution Ltd.
Plan G Solution Ltd.	Polywell Printing And Supplies Ltd.
*Pristine Living Limited	Pro-Tech Technology (Asia) Ltd.
RISO Hong Kong Ltd.	Shining Labels Manufacturing Ltd.
SML Group Ltd.	The China Paint Mfg. Co. (1932) Ltd.
UniVantage Hygiene Products Ltd	Versatech Group Ltd
*Wan Kee Trading Ltd.	*Wellborn Green Ltd.
Wo Hing Resources Ltd.

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HKGPC Associate Members

Anex Electrical Company Limited	Baguio Cleaning Services Co. Ltd.
CASO (HK) Engineering Company Limited	Chatex Development Limited
Chows Opto Technology Limited	Double Class Co. Ltd
EBA Communication Ltd.	Forbo Flooring B.V.
Green Deluxe Limited	Hong Yip Service Co. Ltd.
K & D Holdings Ltd.	Le Avenues Ltd.
Nanoflex Limited	Magic Clean Environmental Services Ltd.
Ming Fai Enterprise International Co. Ltd.	Office Systems Ltd.
OKIA Optical Company Ltd.	Oxfam Hong Kong
PACE Logistics Solutions International Ltd.	Rockfield Engineering Ltd.
SGS Asia Pacific Ltd.	Sime Darby Motor Group (HK) Ltd.
Sources Fame Management Limited	Synesthesia Phostech Corporation Limited
Tyon Industrial International Ltd.	Ultragreen Technology Limited
Unitpak Manufacturing Co. Ltd.	Universal Plastic & Metal Manufacturing Ltd.
Urban Property Management Limited	Vortex Bio Technology Ltd.
Waihong Environmental Services Ltd.

Green Corporate Member

Efatar Engineering Co., Ltd.

Synesthesia Phostech Corporation Limited

Updated Member Lists

HKGPC members: www.hkgpc.org/html/eng/member.aspx
Corporate Members of Green Council: www.greencouncil.org/eng/aboutus/corp_member.asp

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Newer World’s new product, a foamless laundry detergent aims to sanitize and clean your clothes using all natural ingredients. This new foamless detergent wills completely biodegrade quickly and completely, while being gentle on your skin. It is an environmentally friendly option to harmful and harsh conventional laundry detergents. Feel free to contact Ms Michelle Fung at 2528 5111 for more details.

Company:	Newer World International Company Limited
Contact Person:	Ms Michelle Fung
Tel:	2375 6767 / 2528 5111
Product Website:	www.econewer.com
Product Name:	Renew Foamless Detergent Powder
Certification No.:	HK-2122
HKGLS Product Code:	GL-003-001

「約章」會員:	Best Trade Environmental Umbrella (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
業務:	Purchasing
公司類別	SME 中小企業
會籍種類:	Member 會員
會員編號:	107020030
分享人:	Mr. Patrick Wong (Marketing Department)

Witnessing the earth environment worsening situation which threatens the mankind living environment of future, as a social enterprise citizen, BaiChuan pays high attention to discarded plastic recycling, adhering to the “environmental protection, low carbon, resources recovery” social responsibility, actively acts as the pioneer of environmental enterprise. The enterprise will engage in the development and exploitation of polyester plastic bottles and other available waste in the future, strive to attain “turn the harmful into the beneficial and waste into valuable”.

Our goal is through “the environmental protection umbrella” to disseminate an environmental consciousness of low carbon, environmental protection, resources recovery to the entire society.

Low Carbon - The innovative production technique can reduce the carbon emissions by reducing the electricity consumption.
Environmental Protection -An innovative production technique of free printing and dyeing can reduce sewage.
Resources Recovery -Each umbrella’s cloth needs 4-6 discard plastic bottles.

We hoped that through a small umbrella can lead more enterprises to participate and manufacture environmental friendly products. Transferring the environmental consciousness into knowledge, and becomes a part of human live behavior.

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A) Fund Raising Cleanup Day


Volunteers were cleaning the beach and marking data on the data card


Scaling the garbage bags after the cleanup	Over 50 people participated in this Cleanup Day.

B) ICC 2011 Kick off Ceremony

Date: 17 September 2011
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Venue: Discovery Bay Plaza, Discovery Bay


Opening Speech by Ms Patricia Chung, Green Council	A sharing by a scuba diver, Mr. Nelson Ho


Performance by ICC’s celebrity, Ms Khloe Chu	Prize presentation for the Fund Raising Beach Cleanup

Date : 13-14 September 2011
Venue : Coex, Soeom, South Korea

Eco-Expo in South Korea

Asia-Korea Seminar on Carbon Footprint

Seminar Details

Date:	18 November 2011 (Friday)
Time:	3:00p.m-5:30p.m
Venue:	HKU SPACE, Rm ADC 204, 3/F., Admiralty Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
Language:	Cantonese supplemented with English
Fee:	Free of charge
Registration:	Please return the completed the registration form by 1) email to enquiries@greencouncil.org 2) by fax to 2810-1998. Confirmation e-mail will be sent to each successful registered participant as soon as possible.
Number of Seats:	A maximum of 100 participants (first-come-first-served)

The HKGA 2011 is comprised of the "Green Purchaswi$e Award" (GPA) and the "Green Management Award" (GMA) with the aim of identifying and recognizing businesses with outstanding Green Purchasing performances and/or excellent Operational Environmental Management.
HKGA 2011 aims to promote 'Green Purchasing' and 'Green Management' concepts in Hong Kong as well as to recognize local SMEs and Corporations with proven outstanding performance in these areas over the past years. The 1st HKGA was successfully organized and staged in 2010 with an overwhelming response of over sixty (60) companies obtaining recognition.

Green Council 11th Anniversary Celebration with be held in December 2011 in conjunction with the Hong Kong Green Awards 2011 Presentation Ceremony.

Date:     16 December 2011 (Friday)
Time:      4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. (tentative)
Venue:    The Rotunda (Exchange Square)

Green Council organized Eight (8) Green Carnivals from 2004 to 2011. These events had achieved great success and had attracted more than 50,000 students and their family members to join this annual environmental education event.

In continuation of our previous success, the ninth Green Carnival will be held on 8th January 2012 (Sunday) at the Kowloon Park’s Piazza, with the aim to raise the public awareness on global warming and call for immediate actions to protect our precious environment. Activities of the Green Carnival 2012 will comprise of the “Eleventh Creative Eco-model Tournament” during which students are going to create their tailor-made mousetrap cars for competitions.

For more information, please visit http://www.greencouncil.org/greencarnival_2012/index.html

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