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Environment and Conservation Fund

A Hong Kong government statutory fund established in 1994 under the Environment and Conservation Fund Ordinance to support community-driven projects that promote environmental protection and conservation. Food For Good's ongoing ECF-funded work spans school-based food-waste education, food-recovery programmes, the mobile education truck, and sustainability outreach at transitional housing estates.

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Total funding$27,154,847.87(24 programmes)

Currently funding programmes

Education Truck School Tour3021

School-based education truck tour building student awareness of food- waste issues and preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$636,0002023-04-01 — present
Patriotic Green Warriors3224

Lectures, workshops, and ceremonial events educating residents of Kai Fook Kui and Tsuen Fook Kui transitional housing on sustainable living, with emphasis on food-waste reduction, composting, and organic gardening.

$1,594,6002023-04-01 — present
Patriotic Green Warriors

Previously funded programmes

Food Saver Sharing (New Territories West)1181

Recovering surplus food from markets and food retailers across New Territories West; redistributing to people in need and to community groups, reducing pressure on landfills.

$1,292,7702024-04-01 — 2025-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Waste Charging: Estate177

Community engagement at residential estates preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$819,8572019-04-01 — 2020-03-31
Waste Charging: School178

Waste-sorting practice and education at schools preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$872,849.62019-04-01 — 2020-03-31
Waste Charging: Primary School217

Waste-sorting practice and education at primary schools preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$1,318,971.112020-04-01 — 2021-03-31
Waste Charging: University218

Waste-sorting practice and education at universities preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$1,122,038.62020-04-01 — 2021-03-31
Waste Charging: Estate219

Community engagement at residential estates preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$897,364.892020-04-01 — 2021-03-31
Waste Charging: Ocean Shores249

Community engagement at Ocean Shores estate preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$885,794.222021-04-01 — 2022-03-31
Waste Charging: Kindergarten250

Waste-sorting practice and education at kindergartens preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$1,341,952.52021-04-01 — 2022-03-31
Waste Charging: Commercial Building251

Community engagement at commercial buildings preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$1,039,470.082021-04-01 — 2022-03-31
Waste Charging: The Nate252

Community engagement at The Nate preparing for the municipal solid- waste charging scheme.

$495,498.222021-04-01 — 2022-03-31
Waste Charging: Corporate Square435

Community engagement at Corporate Square preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$962,297.782022-04-01 — 2023-03-31
Waste Charging: Harbourview Kowloon West436

Community engagement at Harbourview Kowloon West preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$470,2402022-04-01 — 2023-03-31
Waste Charging: Harbourview Kowloon East437

Community engagement at Harbourview Kowloon East preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme.

$916,994.442022-04-01 — 2023-03-31
Waste Charging: Nan Fung Plaza441

Community engagement at Nan Fung Plaza preparing for the municipal solid-waste charging scheme through waste-sorting practice and education.

$528,108.892022-04-01 — 2023-03-31
Food Saver Sharing560

Pilot programme recovering surplus food from markets, supermarkets, and food wholesalers in Kwun Tong; redistributing edible food to people in need.

$724,051.62018-04-01 — 2019-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Food Saver Sharing (Kowloon) — Continuation600

Recovering surplus food from markets, supermarkets, and food wholesalers in Kwun Tong; redistributing to people in need and community groups.

$838,032.82019-04-01 — 2020-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Food Saver Sharing (Kowloon) — Continuation626

Continuation of food-recovery work from Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin markets and food retailers.

$1,077,672.432020-04-01 — 2021-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Food Saver Sharing (New Territories West)678

Recovering surplus food from Tuen Mun and neighbouring markets and food retailers; redistributing to people in need and community groups.

$1,992,938.92020-04-01 — 2021-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Food Saver Sharing (Kowloon) — Continuation687

Continuation of food-recovery work from Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin markets and food retailers.

$1,024,395.652021-04-01 — 2022-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Food Saver Sharing (Kowloon)775

Recovering surplus food from markets and food retailers across Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin districts; redistributing to people in need and community groups.

$1,125,178.162022-04-01 — 2023-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Food Saver Sharing (New Territories West)852

Recovering surplus food from markets and food retailers in Tuen Mun and neighbouring districts; processing into lunchboxes for people in need and community groups.

$1,924,2762022-04-01 — 2023-03-31
Food Saver Programme
Campus Food Waste Education910

School-based food-waste education programme raising students' awareness of Hong Kong's food-waste problem and driving positive behavioural change on reduction and recycling.

$3,253,4952022-04-01 — 2023-03-31

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