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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1989

EPCOM DISCUSSES DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN

MEMBERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (EPCOM) TODAY (MONDAY) COMMENTED ON A DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN WHICH

AND TREATMENT

DISPOSAL SETS OUT IN DETAIL ARRANGEMENTS FOR

OP WASTES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER.

THE

AT THE MEETING HELD THIS AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

PLAN WOULD NOTED THAT THE DRAFT

ALSO BE

THE SUBMITTED TO

URBAN FOLLOWING COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DURING CONSULTATION IN THE WEEKS.

IT WOULD THEN BE PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BY THE MIDDLE THIS YEAR.

OF

THE DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE.

FROM

2001 AT IT ADOPTS A PLANNING HORIZON OF THE YEAR

WHICH TIMK THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WASTES GENERATED IN HONG KONG WOULD INCREASE THE PRESENT 19,000 TONNES TO 30,000 TONNES PER DAY.

MEMBERS GENERALLY FELT THAT THE DRAFT WASTE DISPOSAL SUFFICIENTLY COMPREHENSIVE.

PLAN WAS

TYPES

WASTE, CHEMICAL

PROPER DISPOSAL IT ADDRESSED THE

AND OF WASTES INCLUDING HOUSEHOLD WASTE, CONSTRUCTION

WASTE, LIVESTOCK

SLUDGES.

OF TREATMENT

VARIOUS WASTE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND SEWAGE

THE RAPID THEY, HOWEVER, EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER WASTE ARISING AND STRESSED THAT GREATER EMPHASIS SHOULD BE WASTE REDUCTION AT SOURCE.

PRIVATE

IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS WERE INTERESTED TO ACTION BOTH BY THE GOVERNMENT RECYCLING IN HONG KONG.

AND THE

INCREASE IN PLACED ON

SEE MORE CONCERTED то SECTOR.

PROMOTE

MEMBERS WERE INFORMED THAT

INVOLVE

MUNICIPAL WASTE WOULD

THE FUTURE

IN STRATEGY

MANAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE LARGE LANDFILLS LOCATED IN REMOTE AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND A NETWORK OF REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS IN THE URBAN AREAS.

SHOULD BE

RECOMMENDED THEY STRONGLY

THAT EFFECTIVE POLLUTION CONTROL

MEASURES

IN INCORPORATED

THESE THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES TO MINIMISE THEIR IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.

THEY ALSO

WELCOMED THE PROGRAMME TO PHASE OUT ALL URBAN

CAME FACILITIES

ON STREAM AS THIS INCINERATORS WHEN THE PROPOSED

AND GO A WOULD REMOVE A CONSTANT SOURCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINTS LONG WAY TOWARDS IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

AT

TODAY'S MEETING,

MEMBERS

WERE ALSO GIVEN AN EARLY

ΤΟ INPUT

THE WHITE PAPER

ON

OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR INITIAL POLLUTION NOW UNDER PREPARATION.

/THEY DISCUSSED