http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_area Clear the Air says: One size does not fit all. Germany has a legally binding ‘reduce recycle and reuse’ system for years whilst Hong Kong has prevaricated. So successful in fact that Germany’s incinerators have massive over capacity and insufficient MSW supply so they now import waste from the rest of the world to [...]
Posts on ‘April 14th, 2012’
Rocket science of solution to waste problem entails melding of minds
SCMP -14 April 2012 Edwin Lau Che-feng of Friends of the Earth (“Costly incinerator will be a waste of money”, April 2), suggests that dealing with our waste problem is not rocket science. If it were that easy, a solution would be in place by now. The numbers are well known and mostly undisputed: 18,000 [...]
Høst turns wastes into profits
In Hong Kong most biogas production emanates from the current ENB and Chief Executive Offices where there seems to be an ample supply of feedstock SCMP Accountability for industrial and organic waste was not a high priority for companies in the past as it is today. Understanding the critical need for conservation and preservation measures, [...]
Bring in outside talent to revive tired inner circle
SCMP Stephen Vines says C.Y. Leung should find new faces to help lead the city Updated on Apr 14, 2012 We’ve heard the rhetoric, seen the grinning pictures, but now the time has come for Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong’s new chief executive, to provide the first concrete example of how he intends to govern. This involves [...]
David Li vows to remove structure if it’s ruled illegal
The contemptuous story of certain Hong Kong Legco members, top officials and arrogance exemplified – this is at the root of why Hong Kong has no political will to fight pollution. Lawmaker says he did not notice rooftop addition as he has not lived in the penthouse on The Peak SCMP – 14 April 2012 [...]
Waste incinerator is inevitable, says Edward Yau
SCMP Apr 14, 2012 A plan to build a HK$15 billion waste incinerator may be unpopular, but the next chief executive will see it is necessary, the environment chief said yesterday. Speaking on a Commercial Radio show, Edward Yau Tang-wah said that while the incinerator was not the option preferred by Leung Chun-ying, the alternatives [...]