Relevant Information
LegCo Material
- Product Eco-Responsibility Ordinance
- Product Eco-Responsibility (Plastic Shopping Bags) Regulation
- Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Ordinance 2014
- Subcommittee on Three Pieces of Subsidiary Legislation Relating to Plastic Shopping Bags under the Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance
- Legislative Council Brief on Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order 2022, Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 2022 and Product Eco-responsibility (Plastic Shopping Bags) (Amendment) Regulation 2022 (June 2022)
- Administration’s paper on Three Pieces of Subsidiary Legislation Relating to Plastic Shopping Bags under the Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance (PowerPoint presentation materials) (July 2022)
- Bills Committee on Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2013
- Legislative Council Brief on Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2013 (8 May 2013)text version
- Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs paper on the Extension of the Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bags (November 2011)
- Consultation Document on the Extension of the Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bag (May 2011)
Press Release
- Government enhances Plastic Shopping Bag Charging Scheme (19 October 2022)
- Government enhances Plastic Shopping Bag Charging Scheme and fully implements producer responsibility scheme on glass beverage containers (8 June 2022)
- SDC submits public engagement report on control of single-use plastics to Government (14 April 2022)
- Clothing shop convicted for illegally providing free plastic shopping bags (31 Oct 2019)
- Bakery chain fined after being caught illegally providing plastic shopping bags five times (14 August 2017)
- Two drug stores convicted for illegally providing free plastic shopping bags (30 March 2017)
- First conviction in criminal proceedings against illegal distribution of plastic shopping bags (1 December 2016)
- EPD publicises plastic shopping bag charging at HK Brands and Products Expo (with photo) (14 December 2015)
- 15 retailers fined in May for contravening requirement of plastic shopping bag charging (2 June 2015)
- EPD reminds all retailers to fully comply with PSB charging requirements (30 April 2015)
- Retailers contravening PSB charging requirements to be fined or prosecuted straightaway from May 1 (26 April 2015)
- Adopt "BYOB" habit to support plastic shopping bag charging and help save the environment (28 March 2015)
- Plastic shopping bag charging to be fully implemented starting April 1 (15 March 2015)
- SEN visits Wan Chai District (13 February 2015)
- EPD promotes BYOB at Book Fair (17 July 2014)
- Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2013 to be gazetted (29 August 2013)
- Bring your own bag, it's easy! (19 July 2013)