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Waste
Facilities and Landfill Restoration
"
Our Contribution to the Environment
Our
aim is to provide convenient and cost-effective waste management
facilities, as well as promote a sustainable approach to waste
management "
Image
of The restored Shuen Wan Landfill has been turned into a
golf driving range
Map of A network of refuse transfer stations and landfills
serve the whole territory
The scarcity
of land available for landfilling in Hong Kong underlines
the importance of an efficient and sustainable approach to
waste facilities planning. The EPD now manages three mega-landfills,
a network of seven Refuse Transfer Stations (RTS), a Chemical
Waste Treatment Centre (CWTC), and a Livestock Waste Composting
Plant to ensure the impact on the environment is reduced to
a minimum. In a cost-effective, and efficient move, specialist
waste management contractors designed, built and operate these
facilities under the watchful eye of the EPD.
We have
also started a programme to restore 13 closed landfill sites,
reducing the environmental impact so that these sites can
revert to community use. At the end of 1999 restoration work
at seven sites, namely, Shuen Wan, Tseung Kwan O Stage I,
Tseung Kwan O Stage II/III, Sai Tso Wan, Ma Yau Tong Central,
Ma Yau Tong West and Jordan Valley Landfills was completed.
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The
highlights of 1999:
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Handled 6.59 million tonnes of solid waste at landfills
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Transferred 1.87 million tonnes of municipal solid
waste to landfills through RTSs
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Used landfill gas to power most on-site facilities
at the Northeast New Territories (NENT), Southeast
New Territories (SENT), Western New Territories (WENT)
& Tseung Kwan O (TKO) Landfills
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Sorted inert fill, wood and metal from incoming waste
for recycling at SENT
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Treated 62,200 tonnes of chemical waste at the CWTC
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Completed the environmental impact assessment for
incinerating clinical waste at CWTC as scheduled and
conducted the public consultation exercise
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Conducted feasibility studies and environmental impact
assessments for waste-to-energy facilities at four
potential sites
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Commenced the restoration of four exhausted landfills
in the Northeast New Territories and Gin Drinkers
Bay. A temporary golf driving range was opened on
the restored Shuen Wan Landfill. Restoration work
at two old landfills at TKO was satisfactorily completed
Chart
of More population served by environmentally acceptable
landfills
Chart of More population
served by refuse transfer stations
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In
the coming year, we will:
- conduct
a feasibility study and environmental impact assessment
for waste-to-energy facilities on a fifth potential site,
after which the public will be consulted on the findings
and recommendations
- study
measures to extend the life of the existing landfills while
concurrently searching for new replacement waste disposal
sites for the future
- complete
restoring all but one of the exhausted landfills by end
2000 - Pillar Point Valley landfill will be restored by
2004
- begin
planning to develop these restored landfills - for example,
turning them into recreational and educational facilities
- with a view to starting construction at the first site
in 2001
- ensure
that all our waste facilities continue to provide a quality
service to waste producers and that all waste received will
be treated in an environmentally-sound manner
- complete
a review on the alternative technologies for clinical waste
treatment
Chart
of Restoration of substandard old landfills will be completed
by 2004
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