Hong Kong to install food waste collection bins at every public rental building in 2 years
- Lack of such facilities were said to be partly to blame for failure to launch controversial waste-charging scheme
Hong Kong authorities plan to install a food waste collection bin at each public rental building over the next two years, as a lack of such facilities was said to be partly to blame for the failure to launch a controversial waste-charging scheme.
Environmental officials said on Wednesday they would continue to enhance the food waste collection network, including adding more bins at 55 public housing estates with high disposal rates before the fourth quarter of this year.
“In the coming year, the Environmental Protection Department will further enhance various domestic food waste collection measures,” Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan told lawmakers.
“We will continue to explore the possibility of setting up more public food waste recycling points at suitable premises to provide more convenient recycling outlets for the public.”
The minister was responding to queries from lawmaker Dennis Leung Tsz-wing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions about household food waste collection.
Tse said environmental authorities would have helped 213 public housing estates install more than 700 food waste bins by July, covering about 1,500 buildings.