Professor Jonathan W.C. Wong won the Excellence Award at the 2022 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Eco-Environmental Science and Technology Conference

The research led by Professor Jonathan W.C. Wong, Professor of the Department of Biology at HKBU, on "Biosurfactants-enhanced Biodegradation of PAHs During Thermophilic Composting of PAH Contaminated Soils" won the highest honour  “The Excellent Award” at the Shenzhen Hong Kong 2022 Innovation Eco-Environmental Science and Technology Conference. The innovative technology introduces an ectopic contaminated soil bioremediation technology, which is to add the organic substances, biosurfactants or biosurfactant producing bacteria and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) -degrading bacteria to facilitate the degradation and removal of PAHs contaminants in soil.

The Shenzhen Hong Kong 2022 Innovation Eco-Environmental Science and Technology Conference and the Shenzhen Hong Kong Innovation Eco Environmental Technology and Achievement Exhibition, were co-organised by The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), the Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Sciences (SAES) and the Shenzhen Environmental Science Society (SESS) in Hong Kong and Shenzhen concurrently. Under the theme of “Technological Innovation for Co-ordinated Development”, the Conference aimed at encouraging and commending individuals in the environmental protection industry, scientific research and academia from Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Professor Wong’s awarded research was also registered in the “List of 2022 Shenzhen and Hong Kong Outstanding Innovation Eco-Environmental Technologies and Achievements” and the “Collection of Shenzhen and Hong Kong Outstanding Innovation Eco-Environmental Technologies and Achievements” which were also announced at the event.

The Exhibition showcased over 50 excellent projects jointly-selected by both Shenzhen and Hong Kong, which covered a range of technological applications, such as, the disposal of solid waste and its utilisation as a resource, water quality control, prevention and control of atmospheric pollution, ecological protection and restoration, monitoring of the ecological environment, low-carbon energy conservation and other technologies. These projects represented a vigorous drive to promote the improvement of environmental protection technologies and mutual cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.