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Azerbaijan soldiers walk near the Lachin checkpoint, on September 26 last year. Photo: AFP

Letters | Be warned, the pain of war lingers long after the fighting ends

Readers reflect on the scars of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, waste management solutions for Hong Kong and the ticketing scramble for next year’s Coldplay show.

California sues oil giant Exxon over global plastic pollution

India tops global plastic waste emissions with 9.3 million tonnes: study

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Letters | Hong Kong can definitely stomach a robust food waste reduction strategy

Readers discuss how the government can encourage reduction of food waste, and steps residents can take to support such initiatives.

A resident uses a food waste bin at Lung Hang Estate in Sha Tin on May 24. Photo: Jelly Tse

Video | Rice for rubbish: Philippines beach plastic waste exchanged for food

The rice for rubbish programme started in 2022.

Letters | 6 green ideas for Hong Kong’s chief executive

Readers suggest what to do about the city’s waste and other problems, the removal of rubbish bins from streets, and more targeted ways of phasing out plastic.

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Thailand races to stop 100 cargo ships with toxic waste from reaching its shores

A US-based non-profit that tracks toxic trade, last week informed Thailand that containers it believes are filled with potentially harmful electric arc furnace dust were heading its way.

Greenpeace activists prevented the offloading of a container of waste electronic devices from the US, on its way to China, via Hong Kong in June 2018. Thai authorities are racing to stop about 100 shipping containers allegedly filled with hazardous industrial waste from reaching the nation’s ports. Photo: SCMP

Letters | Don’t rely on incinerators to fix Hong Kong’s waste problem

Readers discuss concerns over the city’s first waste-to-energy incinerator …

Can Macau teach Hong Kong how to tackle food waste?

Growing awareness of domestic food waste has led to many Macau residents saying they are willing to pay for its disposal, avoiding methane-producing landfills and incinerators that also pollute

Outside In | Rat problems say more about city life than about the rats themselves

Far from being a particularity in Hong Kong, rodent problems are a fixture of urban environments the world over.

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A worker sets a trap with sweet potato as bait for catching rodents in Wan Chai on May 20, 2019, during a three-month citywide campaign launched by the Food and Environment Hygiene Department to prevent the spread of rat hepatitis E. Photo: Sam Tsang

Opinion | Hong Kong needs more than an incinerator to achieve zero waste

Lessons from cities such as Tokyo and Taipei can help Hong Kong adopt a holistic approach to waste management.

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On June 19, a worker moves equipment at the construction site of I·PARK1, Hong Kong’s first waste-to-energy facility for treating municipal solid waste. Getting the hardware ready is the easy part. The more difficult challenge is to get households to sort waste properly for combustion and recycling. Photo: Sam Tsang

Massive e-waste bust in Malaysia sparks fears of renewed criminal trade

Environment minister’s warning comes after interception of over 100 containers filled with toxic e-waste from Los Angeles port

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Letters | Can Hong Kong afford a climate policy that is all over the place?

Readers discuss the government’s inconsistent approach to sustainability, the need for transparency around property prices, and the danger of overdevelopment.

How easy is recycling in Hong Kong? The Post puts green lifestyle to the test

Reporter collects up all his recyclable waste for one week to figure out what it takes to stop plastics going straight into the bin.

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Hong Kong is pushing for more residents to recycle. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Opinion | Hong Kong should stop agonising over waste charging and focus on recycling

To cut waste, recycling reforms are needed to centralise processes, stop outsourcing waste management and start making officials accountable.

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Hong Kong expected to fire up first waste-to-energy incinerator by end of 2025

Environmental authorities say plant to be tested early next year, with plans in place to deal with waste delivery problems during bad weather.

Opinion | Hong Kong, stop waiting for the perfect moment to launch waste charging

Every society that introduced waste charges faced difficulties. But sustainable waste management is critical and cannot be postponed indefinitely

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6 men charged in connection with HK$830,000 construction waste-dumping fraud

Fraud ring charged with alleged HK$830,000 construction waste-dumping fraud at Fanling landfill site.

Six men have been charged in connection with the alleged fraudulent dumping of tonnes of construction waste at a Fanling landfill site. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong waste recyclers ‘barely holding on’, industry veterans say

Mil Mill paper pulp factory founder Harold Yip says fresh postponement of waste-charging scheme a blow to industry.

Malaysia fishes 300 tonnes of trash from rivers near Singapore, mostly plastic

The waste came from just two rivers – Sungai Skudai and Sungai Tebrau – in the Johor Bahru area.

Letters | What’s missing in Hong Kong’s waste reduction efforts: composting

Readers discuss a beneficial and practical way of dealing with food waste, pay rises for Hong Kong’s civil servants, and deadly protests in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

A worker uses a food waste composter at a housing estate in Kowloon in Hong Kong in 2017. Recent discussions of waste management in Hong Kong have largely overlooked the benefits of composting. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Letters | Don’t waste a chance to ease the public into waste reduction

Readers discuss why Hong Kong must save the waste-charging scheme, the risk of crypto-exchanges losing customers’ deposits, and one way to end the Ukraine war.

Students hold up designated bags for the waste-charging scheme during a promotional event on January 16. The scheme has been shelved, and the government has pledged to hand out 20 bags for free to every household in public rental flats monthly for half a year. Photo: Eugene Lee

Opinion | Little to celebrate on World Environment Day as Hong Kong scraps waste charging

With sustainable development in retreat, world leaders are simply not doing enough to protect the environment and people from pollution, hunger, war and disaster. Hong Kong’s decision to scrap its waste-charging scheme is disappointing, not least when officials are keen to find good stories to tell.

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Editorial | Best not dump Hong Kong waste scheme for good

City should seize the opportunity to revive the plan, adjust the goals and strategy, and rally public support.

Hong Kong launches scheme recognising recycling efforts at private residences

Green groups have questioned the measure’s effectiveness amid the shelving of the controversial waste-charging scheme.

A waste collection area in Wan Chai. Hong Kong has launched a new scheme to encourage participating private residences to maintain recycling facilities and hire reliable recyclers. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong eyes longer hours at recycling outlets, offering vouchers to curb waste

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan says proposals part of efforts to bring the recycling rate up from 32 to 35 per cent.

Authorities currently operate 87 Green@Community stations and stores, which collect nine types of recyclable materials. Photo: Edmond So

‘Past administration to blame for lack of food bins needed in Hong Kong waste plan’

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan says current administration had to ‘start from scratch’ with rolling out food-waste collection bins.

Outside In | Clock is still ticking on Hong Kong’s 2026 waste deadline

After shelving Hong Kong’s waste charging scheme, the government needs to rid itself of the bureaucratic shackles that have led to decades of inaction. Officials must create a system that can meet the city’s needs before its landfills run out of space in 2026.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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