SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1990)
WASTE
THE STRATEGY INVOLVES THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND PRIVATE COLLECTORS DELIVERING THE WASTE TO A SYSTEM OF TRANSFER STATIONS WHICH, IN TURN, TRANSMIT THE WASTES IN CONTAINERS ΤΟ THREE LARGE, REMOTELY LOCATED LANDFILLS IN THE NEW TERR TORIES.
THE MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF THESE TRANSFER FACILITIES REDUCE TRANSPORT COSTS AND TOTAL VEHICLE MOVEMENTS LANDFILLS.
WILL BE ΤΟ TO AND FROM
VEHICLES ARE
AS A RESULT, RELATIVELY FEW LARGE ROAD-GOING REQUIRED TO TRAVEL THE LONG DISTANCES FROM THE TRANSFER STATIONS IN THE URBAN AREAS TO THE LANDFILL SITES.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF THE TRANSFER FACILITIES IS THAT THEY WILL ENABLE STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO BE EXERCISED IN TRANSPORTING THE WASTE TO THE LANDFILLS.
ΤΟ
FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE KBTS, ALL WASTE WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED OF AT JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL WILL BE DELIVERED THE NEW TRANSFER STATION FOR ONWARD TRANSPORTATION TO TSEUNG KWAN 0 LANDFILL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FIRST STRATEGIC LANDFILL AT WEST NEW TERRITORIES AT NIM WAN IS OPERATIONAL.
AT THE KBTS, REFUSE BROUGHT IN BY THE COLLECTION VEHICLES WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED HOPPERS AT THE FIRST FLOORS OF A TWO-LEVEL BUILDING.
THE WASTE WILL THEN BE FED INTO THE COMPACTION EQUIPMENT AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WHERE IT WILL BE COMPRESSED INTO TOTALLY SEALED CONTAINERS FOR TRANSSHIPMENT.
ALL AIR AND EFFLUENT
DISCHARGE FROM THE FACILITY.
EMISSIONS WILL BE TREATED PRIOR ΤΟ
EQUALLY STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS WILL APPLY TO THE BULK TRANSPORT FLEET. BOTH COLLECTION AND BULK TRANSPORT VEHICLES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PASS THROUGH A COMPLETE VEHICLE WASHING PLANT EACH TIME THEY LEAVE THE SITE.
THE OPERATION OF THE KBTS ALLOWS FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE JORDAN VALLEY LANDFILL AND THE CLOSURE OF THE LAST OPERATIONAL UNIT AT THE LAI CHI KOK INCINERATOR BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE KBTS, OPERATED UNDER STRICT
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, WILL
HAVE A CAPACITY OF DAILY REFUSE INTAKE OF 1,800 TONNES.
THE CAPITAL COST OF THE TRANSFER STATION AND THE PROVISION OF THE CONTAINER VEHICLE FLEET IS $135 MILLION.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE KBTS HAS RELIED ON AN INNOVATIVE CONTRACTURAL APPROACH WHEREBY THE GOVERNMENT IS EFFECTIVELY BUYING A SERVICE FROM SWIRE BFI WASTE SERVICES LIMITED, A CONSORTIUM WHICH COMBINES AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF HONG KONG WITH SOME OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD.
/DR REED
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