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companies through their secondary collectors will come to collect the recyclable wastes after having accumulated to a given quantity.
The average daily quantity of recyclable waste collected per bin is about 2 kg of waste paper or 0.5 kg of plastic bottles/aluminium cans. Obviously, such small quantity will not pose any storage or disposal problem, and even in the situation when there is a sudden collapse of individual companies, the secondary collectors may still be able to find channels for the disposal of the recyclables.
Second, according to the statistics of the USD, there has been no case of delay in the emptying of recycling bins. However, there might have been one or two isolated cases where waste paper recycle bins had been flooded with a sudden influx of large quantities of recyclables before the cleansing staff were scheduled to empty them. Nevertheless, our staff have been able to clear the recyclables within a reasonable time.
Third, at present, the Council has not designated the collection of recyclable waste to any specific companies, but will inform those operators as well as the secondary collectors who have expressed interest in the service to come to collect the materials from the refuse collection points. In light of the fact that the quantity of recyclable waste collected from the recycling bins on the streets is still relatively small, recycling companies may find it very uneconomical to provide collection service directly from the bins. It is anticipated that opening up the collection services to other recycling operators will not help solve the problem until the separation of waste has become a norm of the community, and the recycling business becomes economically viable.
Fourth, according to the Waste Reduction Framework Plan (WRFP) 1998-2007 published by the Government in November 1998, the Council has a part to play in the government-wide measures to control waste through environmentally responsible purchasing and reuse or recycling of materials. The Government's WRFP has been examined by the Council's Working Group to Examine Government's Waste Reduction Plan (the Working Group), chaired by Mr. Tam Kwok-kiu. The Working Group has endorsed the WRFP and will support it by the continuation and expansion of the existing waste reduction activities, the addition of waste reduction messages in the publicity programme of the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign, and also the setting up of material recovery points in new refuse collection points where the sites permit.
MR. STANLEY NG WING-FAI (in Cantonese): I have a strong suspicion regarding what Mr. CHAN Yuck-sut replied, in particular the indication that 'there has been no case of delay' as reflected by the USD's statistics. I have once pointed out that some waste paper to be recycled was left uncollected at a place in Mongkok. I know that Mr. KAM Nai-wai once pointed out that the same situation also existed in Central. The Committee Paper mentioned that 'there might have been one or two isolated cases where waste paper recycle
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companies through their secondary collectors will come to collect the recyclable wastes after having accumulated to a given quantity.
The average daily quantity of recyclable waste collected per bin is about 2 kg of waste paper or 0.5 kg of plastic bottles/aluminium cans. Obviously, such small quantity will not pose any storage or disposal problem, and even in the situation when there is a sudden collapse of individual companies, the secondary collectors may still be able to find channels for the disposal of the recyclables.
Second, according to the statistics of the USD, there has been no case of delay in the emptying of recycling bins. However, there might have been one or two isolated cases where waste paper recycle bins had been flooded with a sudden influx of large quantities of recyclables before the cleansing staff were scheduled to empty them. Nevertheless, our staff have been able to clear the recyclabes within a reasonable time.
Third, at present, the Council has not designated the collection of recyclable waste to any specific companies, but will inform those operators as well as the secondary collectors who have expressed interest in the service to come to collect the materials from the refuse collection points. In the light that the quantity of recyclable waste collected from the recycling bins on the streets is still relatively small, recycling companies may find it very uneconomical to provide collection service direct from the bins. It is anticipated that opening up the collection services to other recycling operators will not help solve the problem until the separation of waste has become a norm of the community. and the recycling business becomes economically viable.
Fourth, according to the Waste Reduction Framework Plan (WRFP) 1998-2007 published by the Government in November 1998, the Council has a part to play in the government-wide measures to control waste through environmentally responsible purchasing and reuse or recycling of materials. Government's WRFP has been examined by the Council's Working Group to Examine Government's Waste Reduction Plan (the Working Group), chaired by Mr. Tam Kwok-kiu. The Working Group has endorsed the WRFP and will support it by the continuation and expansion of the existing waste reduction activities, the addition of waste reduction message in the publicity programme of the Keep Hong Kong Clean Campaign, and also the setting up of material recovery points in new refuse collection points where the sites permit.
MR. STANLEY NG WING-FAI (in Cantonese):- have a strong suspicion regarding what Mr. CHAN Yuck-sut replicd, in particular the indication that 'there has been no case of delay' as reflected by the USD's statistics. I have once pointed out that some waste paper to be recycled was left uncollected at a place in Mongkok. I know that Mr. KAM Nai-wai once pointed out that the same situation also existed in Central. The Committee Paper mentioned that 'there might have been one or two isolated cases where waste paper recycle
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