Let’s do better on paper and plastic bottle recycling
The government is suggesting a rebate of at least 10 cents and aiming for a 30 per cent recycling rate for plastic containers and 10 per cent for cartons. Hong Kong should adopt similarly ambitious measures, with refunds between 50 HK cents and HK$1, to align with the goals of the Waste Blueprint for Hong Kong 2035.
Single-use Plastic Alternatives Distract from Real Solutions
Instead of placing our hopes in recycling and the use of degradable plastics, we should seek to avoid, reduce at source and reuse. Our excessive use of plastic, coupled with heavy reliance on single-use plastics, is the crux of the problem. We must ditch our addiction to single-use plastics, slash plastic production at source and develop genuine plastic-free and harmless alternatives.





