Hong Kong-based environmental nonprofit EcoDrive unveiled the Enough Plastic Campaign 2021 on May 30, which is also No Single-Use Plastic Awareness Day, in an effort to raise awareness and educate the public on why and how they can reduce their dependency on single-use plastics, with the campaign running till the end of June.
Over the last 18 months, plastic recycling has declined considerably while the increase of single use plastic like disposable masks and PPEs has continuously been on the rise. Research showed that in 2020 alone due to the pandemic-induced lockdowns, people bought more than 100 million disposable plastic items every single week as the number of takeaway food orders soared by 55% compared to before the pandemic.
As a group of mothers, we feel that the problem of plastic is growing and our internal drive to help the next generation is incredibly strong since “we do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we simply borrow it from our children” Sherry Fung-Wong, Eco Drive Hong Kong
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