https://www.scmp.com/rss/308238/feed Legco's public works subcommittee voted on July 2, 2013, to approve a HK$35 million study of a Tuen Mun landfill expansion in the New Territories. The move has been met with strong opposition from residents, and the district council says Tuen Mun has a disproportionate share of dirty facilities such as power plants and fuel depots. Plans for another landfill, in Ta Kwu Ling, has also been drawn into the controversy. The government withdrew plans for the Tseung Kwan O site amid strong opposition. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Nimbyism – not in my backyard – phenomenon is global and very human. After all, who wants an unappealing landfill, unsightly incinerator or potentially “unlucky” columbarium in their neighbourhood? Finding a site for these often unwelcome yet absolutely necessary facilities is an urban planner’s worst nightmare. Site proposals often come up against objections from district councils, environmentalists and concerned citizens, courting controversy everywhere they are proposed. Therein lies the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3132388/no-room-nimbyism-hong-kong-seeks-space-its-dead-and-daily-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3132388/no-room-nimbyism-hong-kong-seeks-space-its-dead-and-daily-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 May 2021 22:45:10 +0000 The article “A Christmas gift of thrift” (December 6) struck a chord with me as it highlighted Hongkongers’ wasteful habits. Each of us send an average of 1.53kg of municipal solid waste to the landfills every day. The alarming amount of waste is ultimately related to consumerism; Hongkongers purchase tonnes of over-packaged products, especially during the festive season. Yet, if we simply buy things, without being thoughtful about the needs and preferences of the recipients of our gifts, we can... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3041889/let-christmas-not-be-peak-waste-season-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3041889/let-christmas-not-be-peak-waste-season-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Dec 2019 16:30:10 +0000 Hong Kong is the sixth most environmentally friendly place in the Asia-Pacific region, lagging behind some of its neighbours, according to an international consumer research group. ValueChampion compiled its findings based on publicly available data on 13 cities and countries in the region to determine which places generate less pollution and plastic waste, while adopting renewable energy technologies, preserving green space and encouraging public transport. The city came behind Japan,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3006944/hong-kong-sixth-out-13-asia-pacific-green?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3006944/hong-kong-sixth-out-13-asia-pacific-green?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:00:15 +0000 Hauling large bags of plastic food packaging, egg cartons, polystyrene trays and other recyclable garbage, residents of Sai Ying Pun wait patiently as volunteers sort the items into their respective bins: six for plastics, and several more for paper and metals. “If it breaks, it’s probably Type Six plastic. If it doesn’t, it’s probably Type Five,” says Tam Kwok-sun as he bends an unmarked, single-use plastic spoon. The 63-year-old retired teacher is one of around half a dozen volunteers at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2181738/frustrated-governments-recycling-services-hongkongers-are?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2181738/frustrated-governments-recycling-services-hongkongers-are?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Guided by the principle that we should feed people, not landfills, the charity GreenPrice offers soon-to-expire products with discounts of up to 50 per cent to low-income Hong Kong families who can’t otherwise afford a wide variety of food. It is able to offer big discounts because most of the packaged goods are near their expiration date, which means they would normally be thrown away at other stores. 10 ways Hongkongers can live greener – and save money “On the one hand, we see some people... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2131690/why-food-products-near-sell-date-stack-nicely-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2131690/why-food-products-near-sell-date-stack-nicely-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Feb 2018 04:15:49 +0000 The environment minister has been told to come up with a better offer if he wants to stand a chance of winning over local politicians resisting a landfill extension plan in Tuen Mun. Revisions to the plan will see the extension shrink by 20 hectares to 180 hectares, with the unused area turned into green buffers of 10 to 30 metres wide encircling the landfill to minimise any impact on nearby residents. Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing also suggests undertaking the project in phases.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1594898/new-plan-tuen-mun-landfill-extension-fails-satisfy-councillors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1594898/new-plan-tuen-mun-landfill-extension-fails-satisfy-councillors?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:30:00 +0000 More than 50 additional Shenzhen lawmakers signed a petition against a proposed Hong Kong landfill expansion yesterday, after learning that Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin raised concerns about the project to Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor last year. The lawmakers joined about 200 Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress deputies who have already publicly expressed opposition to the Tuen Mun project. Their addition at the annual meeting of the congress yesterday means over half of the city's 404... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1412132/more-shenzhen-lawmakers-sign-petition-against-tuen-mun-landfill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1412132/more-shenzhen-lawmakers-sign-petition-against-tuen-mun-landfill?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:19:04 +0000 Tuen Mun district councillors are refusing to budge on objections to expanding the city's biggest landfill, despite the government's efforts to offer concessions. At a special meeting with Environment Secretary Wong Kam-sing yesterday, councillors said they would continue to object to expansion plans unless the government did more to address the concerns of residents and villagers. The government has attempted to placate the environmental concerns of Tuen Mun residents with plans including... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1409684/environment-minister-under-fire-ignoring-residents-concern-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1409684/environment-minister-under-fire-ignoring-residents-concern-over?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:30:15 +0000 Embattled environment officials fighting for landfill extensions will return to the Sai Kung District Council today to convince local politicians that their pledges to improve the operation of the Tseung Kwan O landfill are genuinely being implemented. The report to the council is seen as one of the crucial steps for the officials to resubmit, within the first quarter this year, their funding applications for three landfill extensions, including the one concerning Tseung Kwan O that failed in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1404857/officials-defend-tseung-kwan-o-landfill-clean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1404857/officials-defend-tseung-kwan-o-landfill-clean?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:48:12 +0000 Nearly half of Shenzhen's lawmakers have signed a petition against Hong Kong's proposed Tuen Mun landfill expansion - an unprecedented protest that could strain cross-border ties. Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress deputy Yang Qin , a leading opponent of the landfill expansion, said yesterday that almost 200 of the city's 404 lawmakers had backed the call for Hong Kong to reconsider the project and any others like it along the border. Another 200 district-level representatives, dozens of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1404962/shenzhen-lawmakers-back-fight-against-expansion-tuen-mun-landfill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1404962/shenzhen-lawmakers-back-fight-against-expansion-tuen-mun-landfill?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:15:45 +0000 Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is expected to lobby for support to expand the city's three landfills when she hosts a lunch today for leaders of the district councils where the tips are located. The chief secretary has invited chairmen of councils in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Sai Kung and North District to join her for lunch at her home on The Peak. Lam has been co-ordinating the administration's efforts over the past few months to rally support for the controversial move. Tuen Mun chairman Lau Wong-fat... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1307864/lunch-carrie-lam-expect-plenty-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1307864/lunch-carrie-lam-expect-plenty-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The government hoped to reapply for funding to expand the city's three landfills early next year, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said yesterday after visiting two villages close to the Tuen Mun facility. The proposals to extend the Tuen Mun, Tseung Kwan O and Ta Kwu Ling landfills would be tabled in the Legislative Council together. The government tried to seek funding for the expansion from Legco last month, but withdrew the Tseung Kwan O plan amid strong opposition. Lawmakers... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1295289/landfill-plans-will-be-retabled-2014-says-chief-secretary-carrie-lam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1295289/landfill-plans-will-be-retabled-2014-says-chief-secretary-carrie-lam?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:48:17 +0000 The protests over the proposed landfill expansions have further highlighted the need for an independent review of Hong Kong's waste management plan. The government has recognised the problem, but is not able to present a convincing solution. Its solution, proposed by the last administration, and simply regurgitated by the current one, lacks any credibility and that is why an independent review is necessary. The waste problem is for everybody in Hong Kong to solve. Any solution that seeks to dump... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1284261/look-waste-energy-option?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1284261/look-waste-energy-option?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 At least a fifth of the city's waste can be diverted from landfills if refuse charging is widely adopted by 2016, the undersecretary for the environment says. Making households and businesses pay for rubbish disposal is under serious consideration, Christine Loh Kung-wai said, as the city struggles to reach agreement on landfill extensions and the introduction of incineration. Loh said waste could be reduced by at least 20 per cent by 2020, assuming a charge was introduced across the board from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1284293/plan-charge-households-and-businesses-rubbish-disposal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1284293/plan-charge-households-and-businesses-rubbish-disposal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The Environmental Protection Department has commissioned a study into the generation, recycling and disposal of plastic waste, trying to probe irregularities in the rate of waste recycling. The study was revealed yesterday after a media report that cast doubt over the accuracy of recycling rate. The doubt originated in the inclusion by the EPD of exports of imported plastic waste that is recycled in the city. The department last night rejected claims in the report that the recycling rate was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1284206/environmental-protection-department-probes-big-swings-citys-waste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1284206/environmental-protection-department-probes-big-swings-citys-waste?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The plan to expand the landfill in Tseung Kwan O is to be resubmitted to the Legislative Council, along with expansion proposals for landfills in Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling, after the legislature's summer recess, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said yesterday. But Sai Kung district councillors said it was still unlikely lawmakers would approve the expansion at Tseung Kwan O. Lam's announcement came after Legco passed a motion on Friday to adjourn debate on funding to extend the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1282084/all-three-landfill-expansion-plans-be-resubmitted-legco?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1282084/all-three-landfill-expansion-plans-be-resubmitted-legco?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Temperatures ran high in the square outside the Legislative Council yesterday as opponents of landfill extensions made a spirited protest in defence of their neighbourhoods. Inside, lawmakers were due to vote on government funding requests for an enlargement of the Ta Kwu Ling dump and a feasibility study for a proposed expansion of the Tuen Mun landfill, both of which will reach capacity in a few years. About 200 residents from the two areas filled the air with the sounds of slogans and drums,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281295/landfill-plans-spark-angry-protest-calls-blockade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281295/landfill-plans-spark-angry-protest-calls-blockade?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Discussion of what officials say are urgently needed extensions to two of Hong Kong's landfills ended abruptly yesterday when legislators decided to defer scrutiny of them. They did so to give environment officials time to reconsider their plans and consult affected communities. The deferral by Legco's Finance Committee of plans for the Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling dumps was the second blow to the government. Officials withdrew a similar plan to extend the Tseung Kwan O landfill from Legco's public... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281438/legcos-finance-committee-defers-votes-landfill-extensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281438/legcos-finance-committee-defers-votes-landfill-extensions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The Hong Kong government has failed to obtain funding for its controversial proposals to extend two landfills after lawmakers on Friday deferred indefinitely a debate on them. At Friday’s finance committee meeting, lawmakers in the Legislative Council narrowly passed the motions to halt a debate, soon after it started, on the government’s funding requests for the Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling landfill extension projects. The two motions to stop the debate were passed by 32 to 28 and 31 to 29. Both... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281220/hk-government-fails-pass-controversial-landfill-extension-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281220/hk-government-fails-pass-controversial-landfill-extension-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:30:02 +0000 A legislator is planning to propose that lawmakers defer indefinitely Friday’s discussion and possible vote on a controversial proposal to fund a study on the expansion of the Tuen Mun landfill. Democratic Party’s Wu Chi-wai said he would raise a motion to abort the debate, scheduled for the finance committee meeting in the Legislative Council on Friday afternoon, concerning the government’s request for HK$35 million to fund the study. The funding request proposal has met strong opposition from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281062/lawmaker-call-legco-delay-tuen-mun-landfill-debate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1281062/lawmaker-call-legco-delay-tuen-mun-landfill-debate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:45:40 +0000 Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has failed to persuade the Tuen Mun District Council to support a landfill extension study, despite her renewed commitment to previously pledged sweeteners. At a special council meeting that the chief secretary attended with environment minister Wong Kam-sing, councillors told them to withdraw the plan. The best option now is for the government to withdraw the request. If so there is no need for a filibuster and all will end in 15 minutes instead of 30 hours They... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1280599/carrie-lams-landfill-plea-tuen-mun-council-falls-deaf-ears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1280599/carrie-lams-landfill-plea-tuen-mun-council-falls-deaf-ears?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Thursday met Tuen Mun district councillors in a last-ditch effort by the government to rally support for a controversial landfill extension plan. In her opening speech to the councillors, Lam said the government would not withdraw the proposal and would table it to the Legislative Council for a funding approval on Friday as planned. The proposal, which involves the launch of a feasibility study on extension plans for the Tuen Mun landfill, is at risk... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1280402/chief-secretary-takes-case-landfill-expansion-tuen-mun-councillors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1280402/chief-secretary-takes-case-landfill-expansion-tuen-mun-councillors?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:57:19 +0000 Rural strongman Lau Wong-fat has renewed his call for the administration to ditch its landfill extension plans for the sake of harmony within the legislature. Earlier in the day, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met the Tuen Mun District Council to rally support for a study into expanding a landfill in the area. The government should listen to good advice and public opinion by withdrawing the funding requests and resubmitting them in the next legislative session Lau... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279731/landfill-plans-jeopardy-rural-strongman-stands-firm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279731/landfill-plans-jeopardy-rural-strongman-stands-firm?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Yuen Long villager To Sik-yu says his nose can detect four distinct types of odour coming from the rubbish tip opposite his home. The 42-year-old, whose home in Ha Pak Nai village is across the river from the Tuen Mun landfill, said he could differentiate the odours of fresh rubbish, pig waste, sludge and even the bottom layers of the landfill. I was so angry about the smell one time that I told an officer on the phone that I was going to send my mother to a hotel as a temporary respite from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279733/villager-kicks-stink-about-tuen-muns-smelly-landfill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279733/villager-kicks-stink-about-tuen-muns-smelly-landfill?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The Hong Kong government's controversial Tuen Mun landfill extension plan has not only elicited strong objections from locals, but it appears to have also provoked residents across the border. Two residents of Nanshan district in Shenzhen, just across Shenzhen Bay, paid a visit to Tuen Mun district councillor Chan Wan-sang on Tuesday to lodge a complaint about the unpopular plan, Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Wednesday. “The Tuen Mun landfill has been built for almost 20 years. Facing... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279465/shenzhen-residents-visit-hong-kong-protest-tuen-mun-landfill-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279465/shenzhen-residents-visit-hong-kong-protest-tuen-mun-landfill-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:50:16 +0000 Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will attend a Tuen Mun District Council meeting tomorrow to rally support for the government's unpopular plan to expand a landfill in the area. The extension row deepened yesterday as the Heung Yee Kuk published a statement calling for the withdrawal of the proposal, while the American Chamber of Commerce appealed to lawmakers to support it. Lam's decision came after kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat, usually a government supporter, vowed to oppose the plan in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279115/carrie-lam-bid-convince-tuen-mun-council-back-landfill-extension?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1279115/carrie-lam-bid-convince-tuen-mun-council-back-landfill-extension?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The government is making its last-ditch efforts to garner politicians’ and residents’ support for a controversial landfill extension plan in Tuen Mun, ahead of a Legislative Council meeting on Friday to scrutinise the proposal. These efforts include a meeting between Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and district councillors in Tuen Mun on Thursday to hear and address their concerns. Revealing her decision to meet the local councillors, Lam said on Tuesday she and her colleagues were... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1278946/chief-secretary-moves-shore-support-ahead-landfill-expansion-vote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1278946/chief-secretary-moves-shore-support-ahead-landfill-expansion-vote?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:24:56 +0000 Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Tuesday urged lawmakers and Tuen Mun residents to support plans to extend to two landfill sites after pro-government legislators geared up their efforts to block the government’s funding request for one of the projects. Speaking before attending an Executive Council meeting, Leung said it was necessary for Hong Kong to expand the two existing landfills, one in Tuen Mun and the other in Ta Kwu Ling. Leung added that even with renewed efforts to reduce waste at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1278754/chief-executive-urges-support-landfill-extensions-amid-rising?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1278754/chief-executive-urges-support-landfill-extensions-amid-rising?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Jul 2013 06:41:50 +0000 Last week, lawmakers of a works subcommittee voted in favour of expanding the near-saturated landfills in Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling, clearing the first hurdle for a final vote on the funding of feasibility studies. Regrettably, the outcome remains unclear, and some opposing members are now toying with the idea of a flilibuster. The tactic is an unnecessary distraction that would only further delay long overdue action on the problem. While officials gear up for the showdown on Friday, they should... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1278294/delays-landfill-extension-recycling-efforts-waste-crucial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1278294/delays-landfill-extension-recycling-efforts-waste-crucial?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Environment officials struggling to find space for the city's rubbish may have to shelve another landfill extension plan after pro-government lawmakers joined pan-democrats in opposing it. New Territories leader and lawmaker Lau Wong-fat said yesterday he would do all he could to block the extension of the Tuen Mun tip, by far the bigger of two plans remaining since the government withdrew a proposal for the Tseung Kwan O dump. Two lawmakers who are also executive councillors urged the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1277933/lawmaker-vows-lead-fight-vote-down-tuen-mun-landfill-extension?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1277933/lawmaker-vows-lead-fight-vote-down-tuen-mun-landfill-extension?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jul 2013 07:23:06 +0000 Landfill extensions in Ta Kwu Ling and Tuen Mun are facing another setback after lawmakers vowed to launch a filibuster to delay government funding applications in the Legislative Council next Friday. Lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung of the League of Social Democrats yesterday said he was preparing to file up to 52,000 amendments in next week's Finance Committee meeting, the last in this legislative session. The move could stop the application for the projects, which the government says are... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1276330/lawmakers-prepare-trash-timetable-landfill-expansion-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1276330/lawmakers-prepare-trash-timetable-landfill-expansion-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Top officials were still seeking support yesterday from lawmakers for plans to expand rubbish dumps, despite the announcement of measures aimed at easing opposition. About a third of the members of Legco's public works subcommittee remained undecided on the plans ahead of a vote on Wednesday, while the rest have either taken sides opposing or backing them. If the plans are endorsed by the subcommittee, they stand a better chance of being approved by the council's Finance Committee when the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266257/sweeteners-offered-win-support-landfill-expansions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1266257/sweeteners-offered-win-support-landfill-expansions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Environmentalists and Tseung Kwan O residents descended upon the Legislative Council building yesterday to voice their opposition to the government's plans to expand landfills. The meeting of the environmental affairs panel, which ran for more than six hours yesterday, saw more than 100 individuals and group representatives speaking against the plans. "I've lived with the smell of garbage for eight years now. The landfill was supposed to close down in 2012. This has been pushed back to 2014, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1251623/plans-expand-landfills-meet-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1251623/plans-expand-landfills-meet-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Follow @SCMP_News Environment officials' waste strategy was dealt a serious blow yesterday, when lawmakers asked to withdraw a controversial plan to expand the Tseung Kwan O landfill. Despite government pledges to address the odour and dust problems that plague the adjacent residential area, a motion to oppose the plan was passed by nine votes to four at a meeting of the Legislative Council's environmental affairs panel. Similar motions to stop landfill expansions in Tuen Mun and Ta Kwu Ling... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1247639/lawmakers-trash-tseung-kwan-o-landfill-expansion-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1247639/lawmakers-trash-tseung-kwan-o-landfill-expansion-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Follow @SCMP_News Legislators and residents on Monday raised objections to a landfill expansion plan in Tseung Kwan O and some urged the government to withdraw the proposal. At a Legislative Council environmental affairs panel meeting on Monday, lawmakers passed a non-binding motion opposing the planned landfill expansion. Civic Party’s Ronny Tong Ka-wah said residents had endured unpleasant smells from the existing landfill for years. He asked officials to rethink the project. Chan Yuen-han,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1247535/legislators-residents-protest-against-landfill-expansion-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1247535/legislators-residents-protest-against-landfill-expansion-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 May 2013 12:07:03 +0000