Control on Import and Export of Waste

Control on Import and Export of Waste

Prosecution Statistics

 

A total of 93 shipments of hazardous waste were detected in 2004 as imported into Hong Kong without prior notification to the EPD. These waste shipments included :

 

i) 50 shipments of e-waste from North America;
ii) 38 shipments of e-waste from Asia & Oceania;
iii) 1 shipment of e-waste from Africa;
iv) 3 shipments of e-waste from Europe; and
v) 1 shipment of metal sludge from North America.

The waste concerned had been returned to the corresponding states of export.

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