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