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Sustainability@CityU is a page where you can find information about City University’s sustainable development, and fun facts about sustainability in HK and around the world. City University of Hong Kong is committed to embedding sustainability in our core business of education and research, and in operational practices through an integrated approach to various domains to raise awareness and foster participation and ownership. Our campus is a living laboratory for sustainability innovations and learning through which creative solutions are identified to meet real-life sustainability challenges in society.

♻Green Living @ CityUHK 2026 – Recycle Day♻Recycling is one of the crucial measures in waste reduction. Hence, FMO has ...
15/09/2026

♻Green Living @ CityUHK 2026 – Recycle Day♻

Recycling is one of the crucial measures in waste reduction. Hence, FMO has invited GREEN@SHAM SHUI PO to organise a Recycle Day at Wong’s International Terrace on 18 September 2026. The Recycle Day is an event of Green Living @ CityUHK 2026, which is co-organised by the Sustainability Committee and Facilities Management Office. The theme for this year is “Cool the Earth‧Grow the Worth 護地球．創價值”.

Details of the Recycle Day is as follows:
📆 18 September 2026 (Friday)
⏰ 12:00 – 15:00
📍 Wong’s International Terrace, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Complex
✅Type of recyclables for collection: Paper, Metals, Plastic bottles, Others Plastics, Glass Bottles, Small Electric Appliances, Rechargeable Batteries, Regulated Electrical Equipment, Polystyrene foam, Tetrapack, Fluorescent Lamps and Tubes
❌Not to be collected: Clothing

Note: On-site reward redemption is available but depends on the stock availability.

📸 Capture CityUHK’s Wildlife: Join the Campus Biodiversity Photo Hunt! 📸Do you know that our campus and residential quar...
08/09/2026

📸 Capture CityUHK’s Wildlife: Join the Campus Biodiversity Photo Hunt! 📸

Do you know that our campus and residential quarters are teeming with diverse wildlife? From the serene Chinese Garden and the vibrant Biodiversity Garden @ LI to our scenic Hillside Trail, our campus is a thriving ecosystem for birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and native plants. The CityUHK Campus Biodiversity Photo Hunt is your chance to step outside, explore our green spaces, and appreciate the local biodiversity right at our doorstep.

Spot any cool wildlife on campus? Take a photo and share it with us! Scan the QR code on the poster to upload your findings. Together, we can track our local ecosystem and build a more nature-positive community. Each participant will receive a small potted plant!

This campaign runs from 1 September to 31 October, 2026! Let’s work together to showcase and protect our vibrant campus ecosystem. Grab your smartphone or camera now and start capturing the incredible biodiversity around us!

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You are cordially invited to join Green Living @ CityUHK 2026. The theme for this year is “Cool the Earth．Grow the Wort...
31/08/2026

You are cordially invited to join Green Living @ CityUHK 2026. The theme for this year is “Cool the Earth．Grow the Worth 護地球．創價值”. This event is co-organised by the Sustainability Committee and Facilities Management Office.

To foster a campus culture of environmental sustainability, we have lined up an exciting array of informative and entertaining activities, including Live Concert, Campus Biodiversity Photo Hunt, Workshops, a Second-Hand Clothing Exchange Bazaar, Exhibitions, organic farming and organic food tasting counters and Recycle Day.

We will kick off the activities with the Forest in the Pocket workshop on 16 Sep (Wed) and the Live Concert of music from movies of Hayao Miyazaki on 17 Sep (Thu). Both events will be held at Blue Zone, U-concourse, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (YEUNG).

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to enjoy these fantastic activities! Please refer to the attached poster.
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🌕Mooncakes Collection for the Needy🌕To help reduce mooncake wastage, Food Grace will send surplus mooncakes to the needy...
28/08/2026

🌕Mooncakes Collection for the Needy🌕

To help reduce mooncake wastage, Food Grace will send surplus mooncakes to the needy in the community before the Festival. The CityUHK Campus mooncakes collection arrangements are set out below, and you are highly encouraged to make your contribution:

📆Date: 26 August to 18 September 2026
📍Collection spots:
- Security counter, R4051, 4/F, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Complex
- Security counter, G507, G/F, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building
- Security counter, Room 5208, 5/F, Low Block, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
- Security counter, M1040, 1/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
- Security counter, 2-006, 2/F, CityUHK International Centre
- Lobby at Jockey Club House, G/F, Academic Exchange Building
- Security house at main entrance in Tak Chee Yuen
- Security house at main entrance in Nam Shan Yuen
- Entrance of Yip Yuen Yuk Hing Hall (Hall 8), Student Residence (Kowloon Tong Compound)

Mooncake requirements:
✅Individually-packed and unexpired
❌Need refrigeration
❌Mooncake coupons
❌Empty mooncake boxes

After the festival, metal mooncake boxes will be collected for recycling, details will be provided later.

We wish you an enjoyable and green Mid-Autumn Festival!
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📕Books Give and Take 2026 書香世代 - 延續生命、世代相傳📙Do you have books and teaching materials that want to give away? Do you want...
08/05/2026

📕Books Give and Take 2026 書香世代 - 延續生命、世代相傳📙

Do you have books and teaching materials that want to give away? Do you want to read more books to expand your knowledge spectrum? Now’s the chance!

The “Books Give and Take 書香世代 - 延續生命、世代相傳” campaign is returning and will run from 14 April – 30 September 2026. The purpose of the campaign is to engage the CityUHK Community to share precious reading materials to nurture an academicals, reading, sustainable and caring culture. The campaign has received overwhelming responses from the CityUHK Community over the years since its first launch in 2018.

Two carts will be placed at the Yellow Zone on U-Concourse, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (YEUNG). You are welcome to leave or pick up books from the carts. There is no loan period. However, materials with illegal, violent, obscene or indecent contents are not allowed. Please observe the rules posted on the carts.

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👕Get Redressed Month 2026👗Someone's trash is another's treasure. Give your unwanted clothes a second life!In support of...
07/05/2026

👕Get Redressed Month 2026👗

Someone's trash is another's treasure. Give your unwanted clothes a second life!

In support of Redress’s mission to reduce the environmental impact of fast fashion, our university is participating in Get Redressed Month 2026. Under the theme “Your clothes, our planet,” we encourage you to: Keep it. Wear it. Share it.

Please see the details below and join us in making a difference!

📆Date: 28 April – 31 May 2026
📍Location: Besides the stainless steel recycle bins outside Lift no. 7, Floor 1, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
✅Collected items:
· Men's clothing
· Women's clothing
· Children's clothing
· Fashion accessories (e.g., scarves, hats) with no damage
⛔Not collected items:
· Home Textiles (e.g., towels, bedsheets, pillows)
· Broken or damaged accessories
· Uniforms
· Shoes
· Plastic or Paper Bags

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Happy New Year of the Horse! There is a “red-pocket-giving” tradition in every Lunar year. The annual consumption of 32...
11/03/2026

Happy New Year of the Horse! There is a “red-pocket-giving” tradition in every Lunar year. The annual consumption of 320 million red pockets by Hong Kong people is equivalent to deforesting 16,300 trees. “Lai See Packets Reuse and Recycle Program” organized by Greeners Action aims to remind people to protect the environment while enjoying the New Year tradition. Starting from 27 February to 26 March 2026, lai see packet collection boxes will be placed at the following locations to collect used lai see packets:

📍Blue Zone, U-Concourse, Floor 4, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building (YEUNG)
📍Outside G1501, Security Control Counter, Floor 1, YEUNG
📍Room G507, Security Control Counter, G/F, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building
📍Room 5208, Security Control Counter, Floor 5, Lower Block, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
📍Inside the main entrance, Floor 1, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre
📍Entrance of Yip Yuen Yuk Hing Hall (Hall 8), Student Residence (Kowloon Tong Compound)
📍Security House of Tak Chee Yuen
📍Main entrance to car park of Nam Shan Yuen
📍Adjacent to Jockey Club Hall, Academic Exchange Building
📍Security Counter, 2-006, 2/F, CityUHK International Centre

Your support to the “Lai See Packets Reuse and Recycle Program” is highly appreciated. When opening red packets, avoid damaging the envelopes and place them into the collection box. If you have any queries, please call FMO Help Desk at 3442 8833.

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Join us to celebrate Earth Day 2026 with creativity, good vibes and a little extra luck! Our theme this year is “Go Gree...
11/03/2026

Join us to celebrate Earth Day 2026 with creativity, good vibes and a little extra luck! Our theme this year is “Go Green, Get Lucky! (愛惜地球:幸運綠續來).” We wish all of you the best of luck in the year, and especially to students as the exam period is approaching. Come join us to make your “one-of-a-kind” good‑luck charms and piggy containers using upcycled materials.

📆 14 April 2026 (Tue)
📍4/F, Yellow Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building

🕓12:30 – 13:30
Piggy Container Workshop 豬事順利工作坊
(Enroll on or before 31 March 2026)

🕓12:00 – 14:00
Lucky Charm Crafting Workshop幸運手環工作坊

Come along, bring your friends and colleagues, and let’s make Earth Day 2026 lively and memorable! We look forward to seeing all of you on the event day.

If you have any queries, please call FMO Help Desk at 3442 8833.

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♻ Sending Off the Old, Welcoming the New 捐衣有愛 迎新更精彩 ♻As the Lunar New Year approaches, it's the perfect time to clean ou...
02/02/2026

♻ Sending Off the Old, Welcoming the New 捐衣有愛 迎新更精彩 ♻

As the Lunar New Year approaches, it's the perfect time to clean out our wardrobes and send our clothes to those in need! In the spirit of renewal, we had partnered with The Green Earth to organize a clothes reuse programme, namely “Sending Off the Old, Welcoming the New 捐衣有愛 迎新更精彩”. We invite you to join our clothing donation drive. Please see the following details and give your support to the event!

📆Date: 30 Jan – 26 Feb 2026
📍Locations: There are 3 collection points in total
- Gathering Point G, opposite to SC 78, Floor 5, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Complex
- Besides the stainless steel recycle bins outside Lift no. 7, Floor 1, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
- Block 13 car park, Tak Chee Yuen
📦Items for collection: Clothes, handbags, hats, scarves, and stuffed toys (small and medium-sized) that are in good and clean condition.
⛔Not for collection: Shoes, pillow and comforters

We believe by letting go of what we no longer need, we welcome new possibilities. Let’s come together to promote goodwill and generosity this Lunar New Year. This is a wonderful opportunity to offer your gently used clothes a new life while making a meaningful difference in our community.

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🎉🏆CityUHK Won Two Awards in the Commendation Scheme on Source Separation of Commercial and Industrial Waste 2024/25🏆🎉Cit...
02/01/2026

🎉🏆CityUHK Won Two Awards in the Commendation Scheme on Source Separation of Commercial and Industrial Waste 2024/25🏆🎉

CityUHK is committed to the principles of sustainability and continual improvement of its environmental performance, recognizing its obligations both locally and globally, to the present and succeeding generations.

The commitment is reflected in winning the “Bronze Award” and “Award for Promotion” in the category of “Other Types of Buildings” under the “Commendation Scheme on Source Separation of Commercial and Industrial Waste 2024/25” (the Scheme). The Scheme is organised by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on a yearly basis, which aims at encouraging Commercial and Industrial (C&I) premises to monitor the effectiveness of the existing mechanisms, and keep improving the waste separation and recovery arrangements.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole CityUHK Community for your continual support to the waste reduction as well as the sustainability achievements at the University.

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