24
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994
WASTE PAPER RECOVERY ENCOURAGED
23
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINES ON HOW то ORGANISE WASTE PAPER SEPARATION AND COLLECTION PROGRAMMES IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND OFFICE PREMISES.
BEEN
MOREOVER, A TELEPHONE HOTLINE SERVICE (835 1233) HAS ALSO INTRODUCED TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO SET UP A WASTE SEPARATION PROGRAMME AND LISTS OF WASTE PAPER COLLECTORS AND RECYCLERS.
AND
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM REV THE HON FỤNG CHI-WOOD IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR EASON SAID: "SO FAR OVER 90 PER CENT OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, MORE THAN 220 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND 400 PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS HAVE ORGANISED THEIR OWN COLLECTION SCHEME TO SEPARATE WASTE PAPER FROM OTHER WASTES FOR RECYCLING.
"THESE VOLUNTARY WASTE PAPER SEPARATION SCHEMES THE COST OF WASTE PAPER RECOVERY AND ARE CONTRIBUTING COMPETITIVENESS OF THE LOCAL WASTE PAPER INDUSTRY."
HAVE
REDUCED TO THE
HE NOTED THAT THE RECOVERY RATE OF WASTE PAPER IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR WAS AROUND 55 PER CENT, A HIGH RATE IN COMPARISON WITH THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
MR EASON SAID THE EFFECTIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF USING ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENCOURAGE WASTE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING ACTIVITIES WOULD ALSO BE EXAMINED IN THE WASTE REDUCTION STUDY, WHICH STARTED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO INTRODUCE CHARGING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF PRIVATELY COLLECTED WASTE AT LANDFILLS TO ENCOURAGE WASTE PRODUCERS TO REDUCE WASTE GENERATION.
HONG KONG HAS HIGH RECOVERY RATE OF BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
* * *
*
OVER 90 PER CENT OF LOCALLY-FILLED GLASS BEVERAGE REPRESENTING NEARLY 50 PER CENT OF SUCH BOTTLES CIRCULATING LOCAL MARKET ARE RECOVERED FOR RE-USE BY THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY.
BOTTLES IN
THE
THE RECOVERY RATE OF ALUMINIUM, COMMONLY USED FOR BEVERAGE CANS, IS ALSO OVER 80 PER CENT.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
/MR EASON