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Monday, November 19, 1973

EPCOM MEMBERS VISIT CONTROLLED TIPPING SITES

Members of the Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution

en Land and Water (EPCOM) today visited the biggest controlled refuse

tip at Gin Drinkers Bay and four other sites to see for themselves how

refuse is disposed of without causing pollution.

These five controlled tips at various locations in the New

Territories will form some 87 acres of new land for development as open

space after they are filled with a total of three million tons of refuse

in addition to other covering material.

Controlled tipping consists essentially of the spreading and

compaction of refuse in layers which provide a better environmental condition

than dumping.

Each layer is daily covered with inert material as tipping proceeds

to seal off all working faces at the dump. This obviates noxious smells

and facilitates the control of vermin and the elimination of health hazards.

The visiting party comprised Mr. H.M.G. Foregate, Chairman of the

Committee, Mr. Leung Lai-yuen, Mr. Tang Ying-ki, Mr. R.N. Rayne and other

members from government departments.

Mr. J.L. Marden, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Air Pollution,

also joined the party and took the opportunity to familiarise himself with

the works carried out by sanitary and inoffensive methods.

They were accompanied by Mr. L.M. Davies, Deputy Secretary for the

Environment (Pollution), and representatives from the Environment Branch,

Colonial Secretariat.

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