Visit to Food Education Centre for preparing HKSQ Student Project Competition 2014

Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) has organized Company-based Student Project Competition annually. It aims to offer an opportunity for students to work on an actual industrial case and propose resolution. This allows them to gain experience of resolving an industrial problem. In 2012, Mr. Kwok Ming Cheung (Managing Director, Vital-Health Livestock Development Limited) sponsored the competition and found that valuable to the industry. This time, Mr. Kwok introduced us to Mr. Eddie WL CHAN (President & Chairman, Eduction Committee, Green Technology Consortium (GTC)) and Mr. Mawin CHEUNG (VP & Chairman, Public Affairs Committee, Green Technology Consortium (GTC)) for discussing the coming Student Project Competition 2014 topics included Food Waste Handling; as well as, further cooperation between HKSQ and GTC.

We visited the Food Education Centre in this morning (21 Sep 2013) and took a group photo.
(Right: Mr. Mawin Cheung, Mr. Eddie Chan, Mr. Kwok Ming Cheung, Dr. KS Chin, Mr. Karson Chui, Ms. Minda Chiang and Dr. Lotto Lai; Mr. Peter Fung is photographer.)

The map of the whole Centre contained different parties which operated together.

Then we visited the food waste recycling treatment facilities. The outcome was fertilizer. Mr. Kwok said it was suitable for farming (many minerals remaining) but not suitable for feed chicken because of heating treatment reduced most of nutrients.

The treatment line was for recycle food waste & food box from secondary school. Mr. Mawin Cheung told us the plant can handle the maximum capacity for food waste to be 50 tons per day. However, more than 3,200 tons of food waste was produced from our home, commercial and industrial sectors every day!

The only solution was reduced the food waste from the source. Then we visited the production line for animal feed supplement (25kg per bag).

Some products from food waste were introduced by Mr. Mawin Cheung. All containers and bags were bio-degradable.

Moreover, some environmental facilities for education purposes were briefed included solar energy panel, wind turbine, etc.

The Easy Organic Farming demonstrated their Food Cycle concepts.

Lastly, the environmental toilet was mentioned. The hand washing machine would re-generate the electricity for toilet use.

Environmental water-less urinal can adsorb a bad smell.

Reference:
HKSQ - www.hksq.org
Hong Kong Organic Waste Recycling Centre Limited - http://www.hkowrc.com/index.html
Green Technology Consortium - http://www.green-tech-consortium.org/

Mr. Kwok supported HKSQ activities:
HKSQ Company Based Student Project Competition - http://www.hksq.org/company_based_competition.htm
HKSQ Student Project Competition 2012 - Briefing Session - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2012/02/hksq-student-project-competition-2012.html
HKSQ Student Project Competition 2012 - Site Visit - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2012/02/hksq-student-project-competition-2012_25.html
HKSQ Student Project Competition 2012 – Presentation - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/03/hksq-student-project-competition-2012.html
Visit to Organic Farm in Hong Kong - http://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2011/11/visit-to-organic-farm-in-hong-kong.html