Provision of Facilities and Services
Hong Kong produces more than two million tonnes of sewage
and more than 8 700 tonnes of municipal solid wastes every
day. The government plans to improve the local sewerage
networks under a series of sewerage master plans. Under a
disposal scheme for the main urban areas, a new system of
collection shafts and tunnels is being built to transfer sewage
to a central treatment plant on Stonecutters Island. Eventually,
treated effluent will be discharged through an oceanic outfall.
An environmental impact assessment now under way will
determine the best combination of treatment level and outfall
location.
Domestic, commercial and industrial wastes are collectively
referred to as municipal solid waste. By 2006, some 12 000
tonnes of municipal solid waste, an increase of some 40 per
cent over the 1996 figure, will require collection and disposal
each day. The government is tackling the solid waste problem
through replacing the old facilities with high-standard new
facilities together with improved waste management services.
An integrated waste reduction plan - aimed at reducing the
amount of waste requiring landfill disposal - is being
formulated for implementation by early 1998.
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