Pet Food Donation Drive at Airside | Furry Green Pets x Eco Paws of HKU
Give Surplus Pet Food a Second Life — and Track the Carbon Impact
Pet Food Donation Drive
@ Airside, Kai Tak
Turn your surplus pet food into a meal for a shelter animal — and a verified carbon saving.
TL;DR
From May 8–31, drop unopened, unexpired cat or dog food at Airside, Kai Tak 1/F in times of 約好村莊. Furry Green Pets and HKU ENVM are redirecting surplus stock to local shelter pets — and calculating the exact carbon savings.
Key Takeaways
- Unopened dry or wet cat and dog food in original packaging is accepted at Airside's collection points through May 31.
- Meat-heavy pet food production generates emissions comparable to an SUV per pet, per year — redirecting surplus cuts that footprint directly.
- HKU ENVM students will calculate the measurable carbon impact of every donation.
Hong Kong's Pet Food Waste Problem
Is Bigger Than You Think
The city's pet population has grown sharply since 2020. More pets means more food purchased — and more food wasted. Opened bags that go stale. Brands your dog rejected after one sniff. Formulas you switched away from. That surplus almost always ends up in landfill.
Per pet, per year — emissions from pet food production alone are estimated to rival those of a small SUV. When perfectly good food gets thrown out, those emissions count for nothing.
What the Drive Does —
and Why It Works
Surplus pet food with shelf life remaining can feed shelter animals instead of filling bins. The logic is simple: extend the useful life of food already produced, avoid the landfill, and get calories to animals who need them.
What makes this drive different is the measurement piece. HKU ENVM students are partnering with Furry Green to calculate the exact carbon savings generated by each collection. Donations don't just feel good — they produce a real number.
Restock Responsibly.
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Browse our full range of cat and dog food — and while you're at it, check your pantry for anything you can donate.
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(and Can't) Donate
The guidelines are strict for good reason. Shelters need food they can safely feed animals. Anything compromised in packaging or past its date creates more problems than it solves.
- ✔ Unopened dry cat or dog food
- ✔ Unopened wet cat or dog food
- ✔ Undamaged original packaging
- ✔ Valid best-before date remaining
- ✖ Opened or part-used items
- ✖ Expired products
- ✖ Loose or repackaged food
- ✖ Damaged or broken seals
How to Participate
Three steps.
Check your pantry
Look for unopened bags or cans — switched formulas, bulk purchases you overbought, gifts your pet ignored.
Drop off at Airside
Collection points are at In the Times, Airside, Kai Tak. The drive runs 8 to 31 May 2026.
Tag fellow pet parents
Every share widens the collection. One post can redirect five extra bags to animals who need them.
Furry Green will be contributing product to the drive as well — because reducing waste starts with the brands producing the food, not just the owners buying it.
Why This Matters
Beyond the Event
Sustainability in the pet industry rarely gets talked about the way human food production does. But the scale is real, and the fix is the same: match surplus to need before it expires.
Partnerships like this one — a brand, a university research team, a community space, and individual pet owners — are how that actually happens. The carbon accounting element matters too. Vague claims about "sustainability" are everywhere. Verified numbers are rare.
Watch this space — Furry Green and HKU ENVM will publish the results after 31 May.