Solid Waste Management in Hong Kong
Municipal Solid Waste
Increasing trend of solid waste
Increasing municipal solid waste
rapid population growth More economic activities More effluent due to rising living
standard More wastage of resources Attitude of the public
Types of solid waste
Construction & demolition waste
Increasing construction waste
Growth of property market Rising living standard Improved economic conditions Infrastructural projects developed by
the government Growth of construction industries
Chemical waste
Special waste
Ways of disposing solid waste
Composting Recycling Landfills Incineration Energy-from-waste facilities
Composting
Sha Ling Composting Plant
Landfills
Landfills
Refuse transfer station
Recovery of landfill gases
Restoration of landfill sites
Incineration
Ecopark
What is an eco-park?
Hong Kong currently recycles 40% of its municipal solid waste (MSW)
over 90% of recovered recyclable materials are exported
less than 10% are treated locally and re-manufactured into useful products.
to promote the local recycling industry to provide a sustainable solution to our waste problems to realize the full potential of the local recycling industry to alleviate the heavy reliance on the export of
recyclable materials recovered from Hong Kong.
Integrated Waste Management Facilities
Tsang Tsui / West New Territories Due to the saturation of land fills Comparative advantages of incinerati
on over landfill A controversial issue: air pollution pro
blems
Other measures of waste management
Legislation Construction Waste Disposal
Charging Scheme $125/tonne