GREEN TIPS
Reuse of festival decorations
When festivals are celebrated, decorations and furnishings are placed and hoisted inside the shopping mall
for a certain period of time. These materials are disposable and not durable. Consider the following methods
before you next hold a festival:
• Reuse festival decorations in the following year
Figure 130 Reuse of
festival decorations in
Festival Walk (Source:
Mapletree Greater China
Property Management
Limited)
Figure 131 Reuse of festival decorations in different shopping malls
of Swire Properties Limited (Source: Swire Properties Limited)
• Donate festival decoration
Donating festival decoration to the charity can extend the life of the goods. Small-scale collection and
sale programmes are organised by the community.
Read more at:
1. Recycling Programme
The Salvation Army. (2012). Recycling Programme. Retrieved 8 April 2013, from
2. Community Recycling Coop
Industrial Relations Institute. (2005). Community Recycling Coop. Retrieved 8 April 2013, from
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During renovation or interior decoration
6.2
Material reuse
6.2.3 Professional help
It is important to engage professionals for detailed consultation on the implementation of material reuse in shopping malls
and shop spaces. The following is a list of references for obtaining professional help:
• Registered architects (RA) – Appendix A (1)
• Authorised persons (AP) & registered structural engineers (RSE) – Appendix A (2)
• Registered professional engineers (RPE) in the building services discipline – Appendix A (4)
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Appendix A (7)
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