Search for Recyclable points?
What stops Hong Kong from recycling its waste?
I have noticed that everyone in Hong Kong is now aware of the amount of waste we produce everyday and many are willing to recycle their waste more, however not many people are currently doing so, why?
One of the major reasons pointed out was the lack of recyclable points available in the city, and many asked "How do we even find where we can take what waste to recycle?"
That is how I realised it may not be the lack of recyclable points available, but it is the difficulties in knowing and finding where they are in Hong Kong
If everyone could easily find where and what waste they can take near their home or office to recycle, will it remove excuses and help to get more people in Hong Kong to recycle?
Hong Kong government provides the information and list of recyclable points in the city on the sites as below:
https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/quickaccess/vicinity.htm
https://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/pleasant_environment/cleansing/collect.html
https://data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-epd-recycteam-waste-less-recyclable-collection-points-data
So the information is available but it is not helpful when it comes to letting people easily find recyclable points nearest to where they live or work, or what can be recycled at each point
So other software developers and I have decided to use Recyclable Collection Points Data API from Hong Kong government with Google API to design and build a web app that user can easily find and locate recyclable points on the map
- Built with HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap4 and JavaScript
- API with axios
- Fully Responsive Design
