Waste Charging Delay: How Hong Kong Can Make It Count
(24 Jan 2024 SCMP) One of Hong Kong’s most heated debates of late has been about the delay, once again, of the plan to charge residents for waste disposal, which was due to start on April 1, but will now largely take effect from August 1.
Hong Kong's lack of ''producer pays'' bill leaves city scrambling for recycling answers
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) announced on February 14 that it would invite interested parties to submit tenders for the processing and recycling of drinks cartons collected from government-funded green community facilities from July 1. This move is meant to “maintain the current positive momentum of the public in recycling beverage cartons as well as the completeness and stability of the recycling chain”.





