Chemical and Special Wastes
Each day some 180 tonnes of chemical waste and MARPOL waste are
collected from 9 200 waste producers and sea-going vessels calling at the
port of Hong Kong are treated at a Chemical Waste Treatment Centre on
Tsing Yi Island. This centre, the main treatment facility for chemical
waste, is operated by a government contractor, recovering part of its
running costs through a user direct-charging scheme. Waste producers
are encouraged to adopt clean technologies to minimise their wastes and
so to cut their treatment costs. Most of Hong Kong's chemical waste is
treated at the centre but some solid chemical waste, such as asbestos, is
sent to landfills.
To help farmers dispose of their livestock waste properly, a door-to-door
livestock waste collection service commenced in July 1996. A monthly
average of 1 530 tonnes of livestock waste was collected during the year
and sent to Sha Ling Composting Plant for composting.
The government plans to develop incineration facilities for the disposal of
clinical waste and animal carcases, and to provide a proper storage facility
for low-level radioactive waste.
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