Promoting Circular Economy Effective Recycling & Reuse to Reduce Waste
Hsin Tung Yang also practices the concept of circular economy and uses renewable materials and reuses waste. We are dedicated to reducing resource wastage from production, buildings at our channels, to various cycles of merchandise sales.
Factory end
Wooden pallets at the factory are gradually worn from repeated use. To this means, Hsin Tung Yang began to repair wooden pallets in 2017 so they could be further reused rather than incinerated. We cumulatively repaired approximately 3,000 wooden pallets over the past three years, thereby reducing deforestation.
Highway service area
Large quantities of materials are often used during construction processes. Therefore, when we construct and decorate our highway service areas, we will maximize the use of recycled building materials and to simplify designs. For instance, green building design concept was used in Guanxi service area; we used "energy-saving bricks" made from recycled monitors by Spring Pool Glass, and old building materials that were no longer needed during renovation of the service area hall were used to build the "3R - Reuse, Reduce, Recycle Diagram" as part of the outdoors landscape. Various information regarding environmental conservation is made to go along with the diagram, so that the people may understand the concept of recycling and reuse while taking a break at the service area.
Factory end
To reduce environmental impacts from food wastage and to optimize food use as well as to assist in caring for disadvantaged groups, we joined in donations from "Cherish Food Taiwan" at New Taipei City in 2007, and we collect and donate the excess ingredients from meat production to the Social Welfare Department, which then allocates the ingredients to dedicated sites for food-sharing. We have cumulatively donated 6,756 kg of meat. By connecting resources from our core business to public need, we can also disseminate the beautiful concept of cherishing food.
Channel end
The life cycles of food products are short. To reduce scrap from expired food, Hsin Tung Yang has set up a promotional section based on our "Soon-to-expire Products Promotional Procedures" to encourage consumers to purchase soon-to-expire products. Promotions are also available for soon-to-expire products at our stores and online shop. In addition, we also allow internal employees to purchase such items at discounted prices so that soon-to-expire products would have more chances of being reasonably used.
Conserving and Cherishing Resources
Creating A Positive Cycle in Economy and Ecology