Discarded plastic bottles washed up on a beach in Hong Kong. Consumers have complained about being put off recycling by labels that are hard to peel off and the need to wash bottles first. Photo: EPA-EFE
Discarded plastic bottles washed up on a beach in Hong Kong. Consumers have complained about being put off recycling by labels that are hard to peel off and the need to wash bottles first. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Letters | Plastic recycling in Hong Kong could soon become much easier

  • Consumers will no longer need to remove caps, labels or wash out bottles to have them recycled at new facility due to open at the end of the year

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Updated: 7:55am, 2 Oct, 2020

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Discarded plastic bottles washed up on a beach in Hong Kong. Consumers have complained about being put off recycling by labels that are hard to peel off and the need to wash bottles first. Photo: EPA-EFE
Discarded plastic bottles washed up on a beach in Hong Kong. Consumers have complained about being put off recycling by labels that are hard to peel off and the need to wash bottles first. Photo: EPA-EFE
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