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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1991

THE SHORTAGE OF LANDFILL CAPACITY IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 14 MILLION TONNES BY 1994/95.

13 ΤΟ

OF TONNES

DOMESTIC, DISPOSED OF AT THE THREE

AT

PRESENT,

COMMERCIAL AND

AN AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION

OF 23.500 WASTE ARE

LANDFILLS EACH DAY.

MUCH OF THE

PROBLEM ARISES

FROM THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION WASTE THAT HAS OCCURRED RECENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY.

WERE IN 1990, AN AVERAGE OF 8,450 TONNES OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE

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FIGURE HAS DISPOSED OF AT THE LANDFILLS PER DAY. IN 1991 SO FAR, THE RISEN TO AN AVERAGE OF 16,000 TONNES PER DAY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SERIES OF MEASURES PROPOSED INCLUDED THE AND OPENING OF NEW PUBLIC DUMPS, THE EXTENSION OF OPERATING LANDFILLS

THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THE INTRODUCTION OF RECYCLING TO REDUCE WASTE THAT HAD TO BE DISPOSED OF AT LANDFILLS.

WASTE DISPOSAL OPENING OF THE PRIORITY WOULD

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF CAPACITY ON A REGIONAL BASIS AT ALL TIMES BEFORE THE THREE NEW STRATEGIC LANDFILLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. ALSO BE GIVEN TO DISPOSAL CAPACITY FOR DOMESTIC REFUSE.

WOULD BE USED THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS BAY IN KOWLOON. A

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SUITABLE CONSTRUCTION WASTE FOR RECLAMATION PURPOSES. A PUBLIC DUMP TYPE OF WASTE WILL SHORTLY BE OPENED AT HUNG HOM SIMILAR FACILITY WILL BE DEVELOPED AT ALDRICH BAY AT A LATER STAGE.

KWAN 0 AND THE THREE EXISTING LANDFILLS IN SHUEN WAN, TSEUNG

CAPACITY WITH PILLAR POINT VALLEY WILL BE EXTENDED TO INCREASE THEIR A VIEW TO MAINTAINING THEIR SERVICE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO TIE IN THE OPENING OF NEW STRATEGIC LANDFILLS SERVING THE SAME REGIONS.

WITH

WASTE WILL BE A PILOT SCHEME FOR RECYCLING OF CONSTRUCTION

LANDFILL. THE PILOT SCHEME WILL UNDERTAKEN NEAR THE TSEUNG KWAN O

AND INVOLVE SEPARATING TIMBER FROM THE IN-COMING CONSTRUCTION WASTE

GENERATE ONE STREAM OF BREAKING UP OF LARGE PIECES OF CONCRETE TO

THAT IS MORE MATERIALS THAT IS SUITABLE FOR RECLAMATION AND ANOTHER APPROPRIATELY DISPOSED OF AT A LANDFILL SITE.

THE PLANNING

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE PROPOSALS WERE STILL AT STAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION WOULD DEPEND ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND AND WOULD BE SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL NECESSARY CONSULTATION OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT.

IN ORDER TO ENSURE DISPOSAL CAPACITY

ASSESSMENTS

FOR DOMESTIC REFUSE IN ΤΟ DIVERT SHUEN

WAN

THE NORTH-EAST NEW TERRITORIES REGION, IT MAY BE NECESSARY

BEING

AT DISPOSED OF MOST CONSTRUCTION WASTE CURRENTLY LANDFILL, NEAR TAI PO, TO OTHER LANDFILLS AND TO PUBLIC DUMPS.

CONSTRUCTION

INDUSTRY TO WASTE WOULD BE

THE EPD HAS HELD DISCUSSION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ADVISE IT

THE POSSIBILITY THAT OF DIVERTED AWAY FROM SHUEN WAN LANDFILL.

THE

FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ARE PLANNED WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING

USED AS PUBLIC INDUSTRY TO MAXIMISE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT CAN BE DUMPING MATERIAL IN RECLAMATIONS BY SORTING THE WASTE BEFORE DISPOSAL.

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