MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1983
FROM CONTROLLED TIPS TO LEISURE PARKS
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TODAY'S CONTROLLED TIPS WILL BE TOMORROW'S LEISURE PARKS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID TODAY,
DR REED WAS GIVING HIS KEYNOTE SPEECH TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, WHICH STARTED TODAY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
+TO ACHIEVE THIS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE AFTERUSE OF CONTROLLED TIPS IS TREATED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PLANNING OF SUCH WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES RIGHT FROM THE INITIAL SELECTION OF THE SITE THROUGH TO THE TIME WHEN IT IS COMPLETELY FILLED AND HANDED OVER FOR ITS EVENTUAL BENEFICIAL USE DR REED SAID.
+THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POLICY IN THE WASTE MANAGEMENT FIELD.+
MANY OF THE PAPERS AT THE CONFERENCE DEAL WITH NEW METHODS OF WASTE TREATMENT, THE RESTORATION OF LANDFILL SITES AND PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ILL-CONSIDERED DISPOSAL OF WASTES.
IN THIS CONTEXT, DR REED STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGH AND CONTINUING MONITORING PROGRAMME FOR WASTES OF ALL TYPES AND THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM PLAN.
+THESE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF A GOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH NOVEL TREATMENT PROCESSES CAN BE INCORPORATED, AS WELL AS BASIS FOR AVOIDING MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE CREATED BY POOR PLANNING. HE SAID.
REFERRING TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WASTE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING IN THE OVERALL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DR REED POINTED OUT THAT RECOVERED AND RECYCLED WASTES SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BENEFICIAL ONLY IN TERMS OF ECONOMY OF RESOURCES. SUCH RECOVERY OF MATERIALS MEANS ALSO THAT FACILITIES DO NOT HAVE TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THESE WASTES.
→INVESTIGATIONS BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAVE SHOWN THAT HONG KONG IS INDEED VERY EFFICIENT IN REUSING WASTE MATERIALS AND OVER 1 000 TONNES OF PAPER, METAL AND GLASS ARE RECOVERED EACH DAY FROM THE WASTE STREAM IN HONG KONG.+
+THE DANGER HERE+, DR REED WARNED, IS THAT IF SUCH RECOVERY BECOMES UNPROFITABLE BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN MARKET CONDITIONS, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE DISPOSAL FACILITIES FOR THE WASTES INVOLVED.+
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