Treatment of Solid Waste
68. A total
of 3.4 million tonnes of refuse was disposed of at the
three landfills last year. Obviously, relying solely
on landfills to treat solid waste is not sustainable.
In any advanced society, the treatment of municipal
waste must involve waste reduction, recovery and reuse
and appropriate treatment of what is left. Methods to
resolve the waste problem completely include policy
incentives to change people’s habits of waste
disposal, the encouragement of recovery and reuse and
the promotion of recycling industries. For this purpose,
Phase I of the EcoPark being built in Tuen Mun Area
38, designated for the development of environmental
industries, will be commissioned towards the end of
2006. |
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