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In the densely populated Hong Kong, waste is a complex issue. [1] The territory generates around 6.4 million tons of waste each year [2] but is able to collect and process only a minimal portion of recyclable waste. [3]
Friends of the Earth (FoE) [10] in Hong Kong had done a series of things to help promoting waste reduction and monitoring the government in different filed of Hong Kong. FoE had organized a field trip to Taiwan where a place had done good jobs in the MSW programme; as Taiwan has implemented an advanced version (compared to Hong Kong) of the MSW ...
Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is a department of Hong Kong Government concerning the issues of environmental protection in Hong Kong.The EPD is responsible for developing policies covering environmental protection, nature conservation; enforcing environmental legislation; monitoring environmental quality; providing collection ...
In Hong Kong, the Disciplined Services [1] consist of ICAC, Police Force, Fire Services, Correctional Services, Customs, Immigration, and Government Flying Service. [ 2 ] The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) reports directly to the Chief Executive . [ 3 ]
The force was granted the use of the title ‘royal’ in 1969 for its handling of the Hong Kong 1967 riots — renaming it the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. [ 9 ] In 1974, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was created to give government wide-ranging powers to investigate corruption. [ 10 ]
After the Second World War ended in 1945, Hong Kong faced an economic slump. Trade became much slower than what it was before the war. [2] Meanwhile, an ongoing civil war in China forced thousands of Chinese refugees to flood the British colony, and later to escape the Cultural Revolution enforced by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party. [3]
The Municipal Solid Waste Charging Scheme (Hong Kong), also known as the Waste Disposal (Charging for Municipal Solid Waste) (Amendment) Bill 2018, is [1] a system for managing solid waste in Hong Kong. It implements legislation that takes effect on 1 April 2024. It adopts the 'polluter-pay' principle as first suggested by the government in 2005.
The Hong Kong plastic shopping bag environmental levy scheme is an environmental levy scheme designed to reduce the manufacture and distribution of plastic shopping bags (PSBs) in Hong Kong. PSBs are made of materials that are not easily degradable, and as such, their extensive disposal is putting pressure on the very limited landfill capacity ...