The Environmental Protection Department announced today that the GREEN$ Electronic Participation Incentive Scheme (GREEN$ ePIS) will be fully digitised on April 1, 2026, under which citizens can redeem gifts at more than 500 supermarkets and retail stores as well as free MTR tickets and local ecotours via the GREEN$ mobile app.

They will no longer need to visit GREEN@COMMUNITY to redeem a limited selection of around 10 types of gifts with the full digitisation, the department noted.

Noting that about 87% of the approximately 1.06 million users of GREEN$ ePIS are using the mobile app that allows the seamless transition to full digitisation, the department said it will offer an extra 50 GREEN$ points to those who return their physical cards and switch to the GREEN$ mobile app from August 1 to September 30, 2025.

The public will be given time to adapt and transition to the new arrangements, as physical gifts will remain available for redemption at GREEN@COMMUNITY until the first quarter of 2026.

Physical cards will cease operation on April 1, 2026. GREEN@COMMUNITY staff will assist people in installing the GREEN$ mobile app and demonstrate how to use the e-point redemption feature.

For those without smartphones, their existing physical cards will not be cancelled. They can register their cards at designated GREEN@COMMUNITY facilities and continue to use the GREEN$ points in the physical cards for redeeming gifts.

After the full digitisation, members of the public can continue to donate GREEN$ points to charitable organisations, the department added.

Click here for figures including the five most popular gifts redeemed at GREEN@COMMUNITY and the total recyclables collected by GREEN@COMMUNITY in the past years.