Technical Visit
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Date of Visit |
30 March 2024（Saturday） |
Date of Registration |
04-30 March 2024 |
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Place of Visit |
Cotai Ecological Zones or Macao Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling
Treatment Facility |
Registration Method |
Online registration, or onsite at Secretariat Office at 2024MIECF
Please present your badge
for registration (First Come First Serve, with Limited Seats) |
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Time of Visit |
10:00-11:00
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Assembly Point |
MIECF Information Counter, The Venetian Macao (Next to escalator) |
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Languages |
Chinese and English Guide |
Assembly Time |
09:50 |
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Target Participants |
All professional visitors/delegates |
Itinerary
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(10:00-11:00) |
Content |
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9:50 |
Onsite Announcement to remind about assembly time and point. There will be staff holding
the“Technical Visit” handheld signage at the assembly point |
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10:00 |
Walk to shuttle bus station |
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10:05-10:45 |
Start visiting |
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Cotai Ecological Zones
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Macao Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling
Treatment Facility
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10:45 |
Re-group and return to venue |
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11:00 |
End
of Visit |
Note:
1) Registered participants must get to the assembly point on time;
2) Please bring along the badge used for registration for identification.
Introduction to the Technical Visit
Cotai Ecological
Zones
The Cotai Ecological Zones are located next to the Lotus Bridge of the Cotai area, with a total area
of 55 hectares, including a 15 hectares Ecological Zone I with limited access, and a 40 hectares
Ecological Zone II with free access to the public on the riverside. Located at the northeastern side
of the Lotus Bridge, Ecological Zone I is constructed with two birdhides at its south bank. This zone
has aquatic shrubs, reeds, trees and mud, and it is connected, through culverts, to the Shizimen’s
water course. Spreading at the west side of the Cotai area, Ecological Zone II has three artificial
islands, and a trail where you can find four native mangrove species: Acanthus ilicifolius, Kandelia
obovata, Avicennia marina and Aegiceras corniculatum.
The Cotai Ecological Zones were established in 2004, and have been managed by professional companies
since then. It is also a research location; where data on benthos, plants, birds, water quality and
environment conditions are collected in a systematic manner. The Cotai Ecological Zones have 439
species of plants, 116 species of fishes, 176 species of zoobenthos and 652 species of insects. The
rich bio-diversity and food availability of the Zones make it an ideal habitat and feeding sites for
197 species of resident and migratory birds, including some endangered species, such as the
black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor). During the 2023 winter migration season, a maximum of 52
black-faced spoonbills have been spotted living in the Cotai Ecological Zones.
In recent years, the Cotai Ecological Zone have received about 5,000 visitors each year. In the
coming future, new enrichment and upgrade of the educational facilities will turn the Cotai Ecological
Zones into the environmental and ecological education sites in Macao.
Cotai Ecological Zones
Birdhide and Natural Educational Trail
Solar-powered Toilet
Black-faced spoonbills (Platalea minor) in the Cotai Ecological Zones
Introduction to the Technical Visit
Macao Electronic and Electrical
Equipment Recycling Treatment Facility
To implement the solid waste disposal policy of "Source Reduction and Waste Recycling",
Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) launched the "Waste Battery Collection Plan",
"Computer and Communication Equipment Recycling Scheme", "Disposing used lamps is
easy" and "Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling Programme" in recent years.
The "Waste Battery Collection Plan" and "Disposing used lamps is easy" have so
far set up about 1,300 and 900 collection points in Macao, respectively, in order to provide citizens
with the most convenient ways for the recycling of batteries and lamps, including schools, shops,
service points of organizations, residential and commercial buildings, public departments and public
refuse disposal stations etc.. More than 293 tons of batteries and 81 tons of lamps have been
collected. Relevant trans-boundary movement procedures will be carried out in accordance with the
Basel Convention. And the collected waste batteries and used lamp will be transported to Japan or
other regions via ports of nearby cities for subsequent recycling and resource utilization.
Since Year 2020, on the basis of the "Computer and Communication Equipment Recycling
Scheme", DSPA launched the "Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling Programme" by
expanding the types of recycling to domestic electronic and electrical equipment (including large
domestic appliances such as refrigerator, air conditioner, washing machine and television, as well as
small domestic appliances). Home collection service will also be provided for large domestic
appliances. More than 680,000 pieces of electronic and electrical equipment have been collected up to
now. The collected electronic and electrical equipment will be sorted and selected. If the electronic
and electrical equipment meets the donation requirement of DSPA, it will be donated to the local
charity organizations or be reused in the DSPA facilities after certain treatment. More than 2,244
pieces of electronic and electrical equipment have been donated and reused. The rest will be
dismantled, crushed, grinded and sorted by the contractor of the recycling scheme, and components and
materials will be shipped to other regions for subsequent recycling, in strict compliance with the
relevant trans-boundary movement procedures of the Basel Convention. The overall recovery rate of
component and material is up to 90% for the aforementioned scheme.
Mobile Recycling Truck
Recycling Box
Reuse Test
Dismantlement and Classification
