Ghost Gear Reporter vs Waste Less Usage & Stats
Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear is a serious problem for the health of our oceans. Although the exact volume of lost gear is not known, it is estimated that around 800,000 tons of commercial fishing gear disappears into the ocean each year!
This app developed in partnership with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative allows you to report details and location of lost gear of any kind that you might come across.
A lot of this gear ends up on the shore line or sea bed: and that's where you can use this app to report:
1) Fishing gear location
2) Your activities when you found it
3) Details about the gear
4) Images of the gear
5) Any wildlife that may be caught in the gear.
This vital information is passed to local conservation groups that can recover the gear, but beyond this: your participation in locating and describing this gear helps a global effort to study and improve our understanding of this problem. This allows us to build plans to combat it!
So help us to improve our ocean health - you'll be joining organizations based all over the world in combating this hard-to-see, but incredibly destructive problem we are facing.
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“Waste Less” is a mobile app developed by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Its primary function is to show nearby collection points for recyclable items via a map on your device, with details, including photos, address, recyclable types, opening hours, etc.
Besides, “Waste Less” has the following functions:
- “Search” function to find out the most suitable collection points for recyclable items;
- “Clean Recycling” to coach and encourage members of the public to practice some simple steps before recycling;
- “My Recycling Diary” to record their daily recycling efforts;
- “Knowledge” to show good waste reduction and recovery practices;
- “Recycling Info” to broadcast news about waste management, reduction and recovery in Hong Kong; and
- “Share” function to share the contents of this app.
This mobile app has been updated to incorporate with functions of Mobile Apps Accessibility according to “Baseline Accessibility Criteria for Government Mobile App” issued by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. Should you have any enquiries or comments, please call 2838-3111 or email to enquiry@epd.gov.hk.
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Ghost Gear Reporter VS. 
Waste LessDecember 15, 2024