SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1991
IN THIS CONNECTION, HE CALLED ON ITS MEMBERS TO HELP ENCOURAGE THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN HONG KONG ΤΟ TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
"THEY NEED TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE IN THE COURSE OF TIME, WE WILL HAVE TO COUNT ON THEM FOR PROVIDING THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP FOR OUR SOCIETY," MR LAN EMPHASISED.
CONSULTANCY STUDY ON RECYCLING OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECEIVED AT LANDFILLS
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS
COMMISSIONED
A CONSULTANCY STUDY TO DEVELOP A RECYCLING SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR PROCESSING LOCAL CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECEIVED AT LANDFILLS.
DEBRIS,
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID CONSTRUCTION WASTE IS A WASTE ARISING FROM BUILDING ACTIVITY. IT INCLUDES VARIOUS TYPES OF BUILDING TIMBER, SITE CLEARANCE MATERIALS AND MIXED SOFT MATERIALS.
HE SAID THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECEIVED AT HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
LANDFILLS
AT LANDFILLS PER DAY ABOUT 8,000 TONNES ARE RECEIVED
WASTE ARISING IN AMOUNTS TO HALF OF THE TOTAL MUNICIPAL SOLID KONG.
WHICH HONG
ANTICIPATED
ΤΟ
IN VIEW OF THE MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TO BE CARRIED OUT. IN 1990S, CONSTRUCTION WASTE ARISING REMAIN SUBSTANTIAL.
ARE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE STUDY WILL EVALUATE OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE ON CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECYCLING WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG CONDITIONS, QUANTITIES AND WILL UNDERTAKE SURVEYS TO IDENTIFY THE COMPOSITION AND OF THE CONSTRUCTION WASTE RECEIVED AT LANDFILLS.
THE AVAILABILITY
OF
IT WILL ALSO IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF POTENTIALLY RECYCLED PRODUCTS FROM CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND TO MARKETS FOR THESE PRODUCTS.
ASSESS
EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO STUDY THE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AT LANDFILLS FOR THE APPLICATION OF POTENTIAL RECYCLED PRODUCTS.
A
SYSTEM AT A
IT WILL ALSO RECOMMEND CONSTRUCTION WASTE INTO USEFUL MATERIALS.
ΤΟ LANDFILL
CONVERT
OF HK$1.2
THE STUDY WILL BE COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS AT A COST
MILLION.
STUDY WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE MR POLICY),
MIKE STOKOE,
AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSULTANCY EPD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER AND DIRECTOR OF DONOHUE/JRP ASIA PACIFIC LTD, MR T.E. SIEBERS.
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