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Tuen Mun landfill

Members of the Ta Kwu Ling District Rural Committee object to a government move to set up a construction site office and storage for the Sandy Ridge “super funeral city”, at the North District government office in Fanling, on April 9. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion | No room for Nimbyism as Hong Kong seeks space for its dead and daily waste

We should take collective – and creative – responsibility for the columbariums, incinerators and landfills we need, not push them onto someone else’s back (or front) yard.

Shenzhen has complained about the Sandy Ridge Cemetery extension, which can be seen from its downtown district, and who can blame them?

We should take collective – and creative – responsibility for the columbariums, incinerators and landfills we need, not push them onto someone else’s back (or front) yard

7 May 2021 - 6:51AMvideocam

Letters | Let Christmas not be peak waste season

15 Dec 2019 - 12:30AMvideocam

Green rankings show Hong Kong could do better in cutting waste

20 Apr 2019 - 12:06PM

The Hongkongers taking recycling into their own hands

Initiatives such as ‘Waste-no-mall’ offer greater recycling choices and let users see what happens to their recycled waste. The rate of waste recovered for recycling stands at 32 per cent of the total collected, a 10-year low for Hong Kong.

14 Jan 2019 - 4:16PM

Products near sell-by date stack up nicely for charity supermarket

GreenPrice opened its first shop in Sham Shui Po in late 2016 to give the poor a helping hand and stop good food going to waste

3 Jul 2018 - 5:31PM

New plan for Tuen Mun landfill extension fails to satisfy councillors

The environment minister has been told to come up with a better offer if he wants to stand a chance of winning over local politicians resisting a landfill extension plan in Tuen Mun.

18 Sep 2014 - 6:16PM

More Shenzhen lawmakers sign petition against Tuen Mun landfill expansion plans

24 Jan 2014 - 4:19AM

When Xu Qin met Carrie Lam they agreed to set up a joint team to investigate the impact of the fire at the landfill site. Photo: Sam Tsang

Tuen Mun councillors dismiss Wong Kam-sing's landfill-plan sweeteners

Tuen Mun district councillors are refusing to budge on objections to expanding the city's biggest landfill, despite the government's efforts to offer concessions.

21 Jan 2014 - 6:45AM

Officials to defend Tseung Kwan O landfill clean-up

14 Jan 2014 - 4:48AM

Shenzhen lawmakers back fight against expansion of Tuen Mun landfill

Nearly half of Shenzhen's lawmakers have signed a petition against Hong Kong's proposed Tuen Mun landfill expansion - an unprecedented protest that could strain cross-border ties.

14 Jan 2014 - 3:01PM

A general view of West New Territories Landfill in Tuen Mun. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Lunch with Carrie Lam? Expect plenty of waste

3 Oct 2016 - 5:52PM

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (left) and legislator Lau Wong-fat visit West New Territories landfill in Tuen Mun. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Update | Legco to vote on landfills next year: Carrie Lam

The government hoped to reapply for funding to expand the city's three landfills early next year, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said yesterday after visiting two villages close to the Tuen Mun facility.

9 Aug 2013 - 7:22AM

Look at waste-to-energy option

The protests over the proposed landfill expansions have further highlighted the need for an independent review of Hong Kong's waste management plan.

17 Jul 2013 - 4:42AM

Plan to charge households, businesses for rubbish disposal

17 Jul 2013 - 4:49AM

Rural strongman has his own ideas for landfill site

The Environmental Protection Department has commissioned a study into the generation, recycling and disposal of plastic waste, trying to probe irregularities in the rate of waste recycling.

17 Jul 2013 - 5:05AM

All three landfill expansion plans to be resubmitted to Legco

The plan to expand the landfill in Tseung Kwan O is to be resubmitted to the Legislative Council, along with expansion proposals for landfills in Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling, after the legislature's summer recess, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said yesterday.

14 Jul 2013 - 6:00AM

Landfill plans spark angry protest, calls for blockade

13 Jul 2013 - 4:22AM

Legco's Finance Committee defers votes on landfill extensions

Discussion of what officials say are urgently needed extensions to two of Hong Kong's landfills ended abruptly yesterday when legislators decided to defer scrutiny of them. They did so to give environment officials time to reconsider their plans and consult affected communities.

14 Jun 2018 - 11:43AM

A protester taking part in a hunger strike outside the Legislative Council against plans to expand landfills. The Finance Committee later voted to defer discussion on the controversial issue. Photo: Felix Wong

HK government fails to pass controversial landfill extension proposals

12 Jul 2013 - 8:54PM

Lawmaker to call for Legco to delay Tuen Mun landfill debate

12 Jul 2013 - 4:40PM

Carrie Lam's landfill plea to Tuen Mun council falls on deaf ears

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has failed to persuade the Tuen Mun District Council to support a landfill extension study, despite her renewed commitment to previously pledged sweeteners.

14 Jun 2018 - 11:43AM

Chief secretary takes case for landfill expansion to Tuen Mun councillors

11 Jul 2013 - 9:50PM

Chief Secretary Carrie Lam (left) and Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing take questions at a Tuen Mun district council meeting on Thursday. Photo: Dickson Lee

Landfill plans in jeopardy as rural strongman stands firm

Rural strongman Lau Wong-fat has renewed his call for the administration to ditch its landfill extension plans for the sake of harmony within the legislature. Earlier in the day, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met the Tuen Mun District Council to rally support for a study into expanding a landfill in the area.

15 Jun 2018 - 10:49AM

Villager kicks up a stink about Tuen Mun's smelly landfill

Yuen Long villager To Sik-yu says his nose can detect four distinct types of odour coming from the rubbish tip opposite his home. The 42-year-old, whose home in Ha Pak Nai village is across the river from the Tuen Mun landfill, said he could differentiate the odours of fresh rubbish, pig waste, sludge and even the bottom layers of the landfill

11 Jul 2013 - 7:26AM

Hong Kong landfill plan not popular with Shenzhen residents either

10 Jul 2013 - 2:28PM

The landfill in Tuen Mun is Hong Kong's biggest dump. Photo: Martin Chan

Chief secretary in bid to save Tuen Mun landfill plan

Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will attend a Tuen Mun District Council meeting tomorrow to rally support for the government's unpopular plan to expand a landfill in the area.

10 Jul 2013 - 11:02AM

Plastic waste dumped at Legco yesterday by recyclers complaining that tighter mainland rules on waste imports have forced such waste into the city's landfills. Photo: Sam Tsang

Chief secretary moves to shore up support ahead of landfill expansion vote

10 Jul 2013 - 8:41AM

Chief executive urges support for landfill extensions amid rising opposition

9 Jul 2013 - 3:30PM

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Tuen Mun landfill

Legco's public works subcommittee voted on July 2, 2013, to approve a HK$35 million study of a Tuen Mun landfill expansion in the New Territories. The move has been met with strong opposition from residents, and the district council says Tuen Mun has a disproportionate share of dirty facilities such as power plants and fuel depots. Plans for another landfill, in Ta Kwu Ling, has also been drawn into the controversy. The government withdrew plans for the Tseung Kwan O site amid strong opposition.

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9 September, 2024