About us

Telling community stories
to rethink how we live with leftovers.

Day Day Waste-Wise was founded in 2022 by Lab0ver together with staff and students of Lingnan University. We tell the before and after of food waste, look at the role of leftovers in society, and lead teams of university students and neighbours in north-west Hong Kong in action research, environmental practice, food and farming education, knowledge sharing and community work.

Founded
2022
Status
Charity under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance
Base
Room 123, Ho Sin Hang Building, Lingnan University
Our team and students

Our aimsAIMS

01Environmental awarenessStarting from one portion of food waste, we look at how food systems and the environment connect.
02Learning by doingCollecting, composting and growing with our own hands.
03Everyday recyclingLasting food waste collection habits with schools, shops and neighbours.
04Connecting through storiesFood stories that link families, neighbourhoods and the land.
Every leftover is a story not yet finished.Every collaboration rewrites the future of the city.

Our approachEDUCATION

Food waste is only the way in. Students handle what is usually thrown away, without avoiding the smell or the work, and come to see how food, land and community are linked. We design each programme with the school until teachers can carry it on themselves.

Read about our approach

MilestonesHISTORY

  1. 2021Lab0ver founded; first food waste collection trials in north-west Hong Kong
  2. 2022Service-learning launched with Lingnan University; Day Day Waste-Wise founded
  3. 2023Whole-school food waste programme and fair at Tung Tak School
  4. 2024Incorporated as Day Day Waste-Wise Limited, a company limited by guarantee
  5. 2024Recognised by the Inland Revenue Department as a Section 88 charity

TeamPEOPLE

Portrait of Prof. Daren Leung
Co-founder / Education adviser

Prof. Daren S.C. Leung梁仕池教授

Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, researching food waste and public governance. He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney; his thesis was shortlisted for the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Thesis Prize. His work on the material politics of food and waste has appeared in Cultural Studies, the Journal of Peasant Studies and China Perspectives. He is the first Asian board member of the Association for Cultural Studies (2022–2026) and leads the Research Grants Council project “Waste Commons”.

Portrait of Timmy Sum
Co-founder / Community partnerships

Timmy Sum覃必添

Timmy came to environmental work through geoconservation at secondary school and studied Earth sciences at university. In 2019 he took a year out for community work, then turned to local farming and land issues. In 2021 he founded Lab0ver, linking community participation, regenerative farming and food waste. He has run over 100 creative workshops, more than 50 street stalls and three food waste recycling festivals.

In the mediaPRESS

Sister organisationLAB0VER

Lab0ver零剩研究所

Lab0ver was founded in 2021 by Timmy Sum and Chan Lok Lok as a place to try out new approaches in the community, linking community participation, regenerative farming and food waste. In 2022 Lab0ver founded Day Day Waste-Wise with Lingnan University staff and students. Lab0ver keeps experimenting in the community; Day Day Waste-Wise takes the activities and materials that work into schools.

  • Community participationLearning and testing ideas with neighbours in north-west Hong Kong: over 100 creative workshops and more than 50 street stalls.
  • Regenerative farmingWorking with local farms and returning food waste to the soil as compost.
  • Food wasteThree food waste recycling festivals, and a South China Morning Post Spirit of Hong Kong Award.

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