1. Solid Waste Management in Hong Kong

2. Municipal Solid Waste

3. Increasing trend of solid waste

4. Increasing municipal solid waste
rapid population growth
More economic activities
More effluent due to rising living standard
More wastage of resources
Attitude of the public

5. Types of solid waste

6. Construction & demolition waste

7. Increasing construction waste
Growth of property market
Rising living standard
Improved economic conditions
Infrastructural projects developed by the government
Growth of construction industries

8. Chemical waste

9. Special waste

11. Ways of disposing solid waste
Composting
Recycling
Landfills
Incineration
Energy-from-waste facilities

12. Composting

13. Sha Ling Composting Plant

14. Landfills

15. Landfills

16. Refuse transfer station

17. Recovery of landfill gases

18. Restoration of landfill sites

19. Incineration

20. Ecopark

21. What is an eco-park?
Hong Kong currently recycles 40% of its municipal solid waste (MSW)
over 90% of recovered recyclable materials are exported
less than 10% are treated locally and re-manufactured into useful products.
to promote the local recycling industry
to provide a sustainable solution to our waste problems
to realize the full potential of the local recycling industry
to alleviate the heavy reliance on the export of recyclable materials recovered from Hong Kong.

22. Integrated Waste Management Facilities
Tsang Tsui / West New Territories
Due to the saturation of land fills
Comparative advantages of incineration over landfill
A controversial issue: air pollution problems

23. Other measures of waste management
Legislation
Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme
$125/tonne