These finalists of the Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards want to create solutions for a circular economy
[SINGAPORE] From sustainable fabrics to e-waste recycling, these five companies are creating new or improved solutions to longstanding sustainability challenges.
The EESA is part of the wider Emerging Enterprise Awards. Established in 2008, the awards recognise startups and young businesses across Singapore and Asia, providing resources to boost their growth.
Smart sorting for smooth recycling
Cornerstone Smart Recycling’s bins can segregate waste and track fill data
Lawson Lau, founder and executive director of Cornerstone Smart Recycling
Through innovative sensor technologies and data-driven operations, Cornerstone Smart Recycling streamlines waste collection and recycling to empower individuals and businesses in Hong Kong and overseas to reduce their environmental footprint.
We are expanding our presence across new markets in Asia, targeting urban centres with urgent waste management challenges. We also offer smart bin solutions for suburban areas and village houses.
Our long-term vision is to establish Cornerstone Smart Recycling as a global leader in sustainable waste management by continuously advancing technology, fostering community collaboration and driving measurable environmental impact worldwide.
ECO Expo Asia 20253-A02 Environmental Protection Department – the Government of the HKSAR
In last week ECO Expo Asia 2025, our latest product SMARTCLASSIFY CP showcased at two booths drew considerable attention from visitors.
Connecting and Showcasing Innovation
To reconnect with existing clients, explore new markets, and showcase our latest products, aligned with our business focus, while gaining insights into the latest market trends.
Cornerstone team guided the VIP Tour by presenting the company’s core operations, highlighting our smart recycling devices, the variety of recyclable materials we collect, and our backend management system. The team also demonstrated the latest deployment in the market – SmartClassify CP the Smart Compacting Recycling Bin, walking through its detailed recycling process.
Founder and Executive Director of Cornerstone Smart Recycling Ltd – Green-tech Sharing Session
Green-tech Sharing Session: Make Recycle Cycle with Smart Devices, System and Platform
During his speaking slot , o u r founder Lawson Lau emphasized how our IoT-enabled infrastructure connects people with downstream recyclers. By combining smart recycling hardware and green technology, we boost public engagement and promote sustainable living. Our RVM machines, featuring object recognition for automatic sorting and an anti-fault design, make recycling easier, more accurate, and efficient. Since 2020, our 100% Hong Kongdesigned smart bins have been linked to a real-time COP data monitoring platform, offering usage analytics, recycling insights, and an intuitive dashboard for data-driven management. Additionally, our custom reward-based app integrations help increase recycling rates and reduce waste, advancing the city’s path toward a greener, smarter future.
Founder and Executive Director of Cornerstone Smart Recycling Ltd. (left) received the UNSDG Achievement Award Hong Kong 2025-Recognised Project Award at the award ceremony.
Cornerstone Smart Recycling Limited has been awarded the Recognised Project (SME) from “UNSDG Achievement Award Hong Kong 2025” for its “Provision of Services for Food Waste Smart Bin in Service Area.” This award, presented by the Green Council, recognizes the company’s outstanding performance in recycling initiatives and its commitment to multiple Sustainable Development Goals.
Cornerstone Smart Recycling Limited is a green-tech company with a business focus on multiple-stream recycling solutions in Hong Kong. Having the public gradually engaged to adopt an eco-conscious lifestyle with technology as a tool is essential to improving the quality of life. Together with our role as a solution provider throughout the downstream recycling chain, it also gives the best practice for recyclers to re-process and upcycle sorted recyclables, alongside the government initiatives related to waste segregation and recycling, the RVM Pilot Scheme Collecting Beverage Cartons, and the Producer Responsibility Scheme on Plastic Beverage Containers and Beverage Cartons in the coming year. We believe proper separation at the source of sorted recyclables could save and turn ‘Recyclables into Resources’ for downstream recyclers, avoiding them from being sent to landfills and polluting the ocean.
UNSDG Achievement Award Hong Kong 2025-Recognised Project Award
About Cornerstone Smart Recycling
Cornerstone Smart Recycling was established in Hong Kong in 2018, a solution provider that offers smart recycling infrastructure and system solutions for corporates, government, and the community. The flagship products we developed, both the modular self-service IoT-enabled smart recycling bins (“SmartClassify”) series and reverse vending machines (“RenatureChest”) in the community, are designed for support waste segregation at public places and being placed in various premises, such as shopping malls, commercial buildings, academy, public housing estates and private residential buildings, construction sites, and Green@Community recycling stations.
With the extensive support and project partnerships with our government, developers, property management, and private organisations, our multiple-stream recycling solutions are widely spread across 18 districts in Hong Kong, covering 1,000+ smart bins that mainly collect food waste, single-use plastic drinking bottles, aluminium cans, tetra paks, glass bottles, metals, paper, and plastics.
In addition to recycling hardware, Cornerstone Smart Recycling offers a real‑time COP data platform. Through the backend management platform and customisable dashboard, users gain full visibility of recycling performance.
Our one‑stop recycling solution can also integrate with third‑party rewards platforms, enabling our partners to provide recycling incentives and rewards to their customers.
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