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compounds, and oils, to be treated at the CWTC. The Centre

is expected to be commissioned in 1991.

2.19

Che mi cal wastes not requiring treatment,

and

residues

of treated wastes from the CWTC will be disposed

of at the Junk Bay landfill, under carefully controlled

conditions, reflecting 4 years of pilot experi ments with

test cells at the landfill.

2.20

waste

Α secondary purpose of the CWTC will be to serve

as the designated reception and disposal point for oily

and noxious liquid substances from ships which use

Hong Kong's port facilities, in accordance with the

requirement for Hong Kong to provide these facilities under

the Prevention of

the

International

Pollution from Ships

1978 (MARPOL).

Convention

for

1973, as modified by the Protocol of

Clinical Wastes

2.21

The increasing use of plastic and paper

disposable materials by hospitals, clinics, pathological

laboratories, and veterinary establishments dictates the

need for disposal facilities for clinical wastes that me et

the most exacting standards.

Such facilities require

specialist

operation and close control.

This is best

to build a

Territories

standards.

to

achieved at a centralised facility. So Government intends

clinical waste incinerator in the Western New

international safety and security

Clinical wastes will be transported there in

sealed refrigerated containers and waste storage areas will

It will also dispose of confiscated

other wastes that require complete

be refrigerated.

narcotics,

and

conditions.

destruction under carefully regulated

facility is scheduled for commissioning in 1993/4.

This

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