The Environmental Protection Department has pledged greater co-ordination among departments to tackle illegal dumping and suggested tighter legislation to fight the problem.
In a paper delivered to lawmakers yesterday, the government said it was willing to consider extending government control to private land in order to regulate dumping.
The government now has no authority to regulate dumping of construction and demolition material on private land if the owner has given permission.
Another option would be to legislate for a 'trip-ticketing system', which is already in place for public works projects. A ticket is issued to every truck leaving a site carrying waste and it has to be cross-checked by a receipt at the disposal site.
The legislative suggestions come on top of a government pledge to improve co-ordination among departments to step up enforcement and share information.
Routine inspections will be increased and enforcement action recorded in a shared database.