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DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG

DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG. ACUCA presentation: critical environmental issues in Hong Kong. CURRENT CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE. Solid Waste Disposal 2007 (tonnes per day) (Source: EPD, 2007). CAUSES OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE PROBLEM.

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DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG

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  1. DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG ACUCA presentation: critical environmental issues in Hong Kong

  2. CURRENT CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE

  3. Solid Waste Disposal 2007 (tonnes per day) (Source: EPD, 2007)

  4. CAUSES OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE PROBLEM Unsustainable living style and habit of Hong Kong citizens 1. Excessive packaging 2. Food Waste

  5. CAUSES OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE PROBLEM 1. Excessive packaging http://www.foe.org.hk/overpackaging/index.html

  6. CAUSES OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE PROBLEM 2. Food Waste • 2996 tones of food waste per day, 70% from household • Constitutes 41.6% of domestic waste http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC_Uw5HbRcg

  7. A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (2005-2014)

  8. CURRENT POLICIES • Bulk reduction and disposal • 3 strategic landfills • 8 refuse transfer stations • incurs costs of $8.4 billion (about USD$1.1 billion) and takes up take up in total 270 hectare of land Main Collection andDisposal Routes ofMunicipal Solid Waste inHong Kong (Source: EPD, 2008)

  9. CURRENT POLICIES • Landfillsfull • Solution: • Integrated Waste Management Facilities (IWMF) • incinertors? • air pollution control, environment impact assessment and high-level technological employment is three times higher than that of direct landfill disposal • dioxin contamination

  10. CURRENT POLICIES • Reuse, Recover and Recycling • The Programme on Source Separation of Domestic Waste • Up to 2007, only 766 housing estates and residential buildings were participated in the programme, covering about 40% of the total population

  11. CURRENT POLICIES • Avoidance and Minimization • producer responsibility scheme • waste-charging scheme • Only limited extent • emphasizes on industries and the distributors but not directly on citizens

  12. CURRENT POLICIES • On Food Waste • Green Lunch Charter • use of reusable containers and adoption of “on-site meal portioning • Not many schools are willing to participate in the on-site meal portioning due to limited space • Organic Waste Treatment Facility (OWTF) in 2013 • Can only handle 200 tones per day (v.s. 2996 tones produced)

  13. LOCAL COMMUNITY • Glass Bottle Recycling Campaign • Hong Chi Association X The Laputa Eco-Construction Material Company Limited

  14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6reL6AkaZPw

  15. “Save Food Project” organized by the Greeners Action • Coopration with 220 restaurants • Offers diners HKD$1 rebate every Wednesday if they ask for less rice with a meal

  16. OUR RESPONSE…… • What can we do to minimize the solid waste production? • At individual level.. • At Campus level..

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