Medical Waste

18 Mar 2013

Hong Kong is blessed with numerous sandy beaches that may rival those of island resorts. Sadly, some of our beaches are polluted with rubbish washed up from the sea or dumped by irresponsible...

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Medical waste worries Discovery Bay beachgoers

5 Mar 2013

Hundreds of discarded medical items, including uncovered syringes and infusion bags, have been found recently on a beach in Discovery Bay, raising concerns about visitors' safety, especially with...

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Groups urge controls on medical waste

9 Jan 2003

Green groups have called on the government to immediately regulate the collection of medical waste to prevent a repeat of the recent body-dumping scandal.

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Legislators urge clinical waste move

23 Apr 1994

THE Government has been urged to handle private doctors' clinical waste instead of relying on commercial collectors, some of whom legislators' claim treat it in the same way as domestic rubbish....

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Sand and syringes

31 Oct 1993

FOR too long, medical waste washing up on the territory's beaches has been a danger to the public. The problem is so serious many beaches are no longer safe to walk along because of the risk posed...

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Medical waste strategy urged

13 Oct 1993

THE Government was yesterday urged to come up with a long-term strategy to deal with medical waste, following the discovery of used syringes on beaches.

Urban Councillor Man Sai-...

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