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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1992

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTION WASTES EXPLAINED

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DEPARTMENT (EPD)

LANDFILL

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SAID THE DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATION OF THE TSEUNG KWAN EARLIER IN THE DAY HAD AFFECTED MOST OF THE REFUSE COLLECTION SYSTEMS IN KOWLOON AND ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

BY SOME LORRIES BLOCKING THE

THE DISRUPTION WAS CAUSED ENTRANCE TO AND EXIT FROM THE LANDFILL.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE

NEW DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION WASTES AT TSEUNG KWAN O AND SHUEN WAN LANDFILLS STARTED TODAY (THURSDAY) AND WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED SMOOTHLY UNTIL 11 AM.

AT THAT TIME, SEVERAL DRIVERS PURPOSELY BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE TO AND EXIT FROM THE LANDFILL.

THE DRIVERS REFUSED TO

MOVE THEIR LORRIES DESPITE REQUESTS FROM THE SITE STAFF OF BPD, CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (CED) AND THE POLICE.

WELL

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WERE WELL PUBLICISED IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, ADDING THAT ALL LORRY DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.

ENQUIRIES MADE BY LORRY DRIVERS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINE HAVE BEEN FEW.

AT

AT

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WERE AIMED BENEFICIALLY USING INERT CONSTRUCTION WASTES TO RECLAIM LAND PUBLIC DUMPS AND OVERCOMING THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF REFUSE LANDFILLS REACHING FULL CAPACITY.

IT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION WASTES ΤΟ BE SORTED ON CONSTRUCTION SITES TO SEPARATE THEM FROM THE

INERT MATERIALS.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE STANDARDS OF MATERIALS ACCEPTED AT PUBLIC DUMPS HAD BEEN RELAXED, THUS REDUCING THE NEED TO SORT THE WASTES.

THE

DURING A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LORRY DRIVERS ON SITE, STAFF OF EPD AND CED EXPLAINED THE OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.

THE LORRY DRIVERS COMPLAINED THAT THEY WERE GIVEN UNSORTED CONSTRUCTION WASTES FROM THE CONTRACTORS WHO PRODUCED THE WASTES AND THAT THEY HAD DIFFICULTIES TO DO THE SORTING THEMSELVES.

IT WAS AGREED AT THE MEETING THAT THE STANDARD FOR ACCEPTING CONSTRUCTION WASTES AT THE TWO LANDFILLS WOULD BE RELAXED FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

DURING THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD, EPD AND CED WOULD FURTHER DISCUSS WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND LORRY DRIVERS то MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR SORTING THE WASTES ON SITE BEFORE DELIVERY TO LANDFILLS AND PUBLIC DUMPS.

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