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CHAPTER 1
SAVING OUR ENVIRONMENT
Each day our community generates :-
5,000 tonnes of garbage,
2
million tonnes of sewage and industrial
waste water,
600 tonnes of sulphur dixoide,
200 tonnes of carbon monoxide,
300 tonnes of nitrogen oxides,
a
large a mount of energy dissipated as
noise, and
a whole host of
other wastes generated by
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wrong
wastes
It
industrial
and
commercial activities,
farming, and the day to day life of every
one of our 5 1/2 million population.
is these wastes, in the wrong place or at the
ti me,
that cause pollution. The annual generation of
normally increases in line with population and Gross
Product. Hong Kong is no exception. In the past
15 years ou r population has increased by 30%, our GDP by
300%, and our wastes 300%.
Domestic
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