A green group has made an appeal to the public to be more responsible in distributing red packets – also known as lai see – during the Lunar New Year, with more than 320 million new ones doled out every year.
Greeners Action executive director Angus Ho Hon-wai said the amount of paper used for so many red packets – most of which end up in the city’s overflowing landfills – amounted to about 16,300 trees.
“It’s an astronomical figure,” said Ho....
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