Implementation of Waste Disposal Plan The Waste Disposal Plan, published in 1989, sets out a strategy for municipal solid waste disposal in Hong Kong. Old waste facilities have been phased out and new, cost-effective facilities have been built to higher environmental standards, under the management of the Environmental Protection Department. The new facilities include three strategic landfills and a network of refuse transfer stations. The three landfills have a total capacity of about 140 million cubic metres. Six refuse transfer stations and a system of refuse transfer facilities serving the outlying islands are in operation, with a total handling capacity of 8,800 tonnes a day.   Waste Facilities Serving Hong Kong [Waste Facilities Serving Hong Kong]   Programme for Development of Waste Facilities Waste Facilities Date of Commission Design Capacity Capital Cost** ($M) Estimated Operation Cost** ($M/yr) Strategic Landfills:         1. West New Territories Landfill Commissioned on 19.11.93 61 Mm3 2,200 150 2. South East New Territories Landfill Commissioned on 26.9.94 43 Mm3 2,600 170 3. North East New Territories Landfill Commissioned on 1.6.95 35 Mm3 1,100 130 Refuse Transfer Stations (TS) :         1. Kowloon Bay TS* - - - - 2. Island East TS Commissioned on 16.11.92 1,200 tpd 380 75 3. Sha Tin TS Commissioned on 29.10.94 1,200 tpd 200 35 4. West Kowloon TS Commissioned on 19.6.97 2,500 tpd 630 70 5. Island West TS Commissioned on 1.5.97 1,000 tpd 640 45 6. North Lantau TS Commissioned on 1.6.98 1,200 tpd 240 20 7. Outlying Islands Transfer Facilities Commissioned on 13.3.98 (Phase I & II) 610 tpd 300 40 8. North West New Territories TS Commissioned on 14.9.2001 1,100 tpd 210 20 9. South East Kowloon TS 2016 (tentative) 3,000 tpd 750 90 Special Waste Facilities : 1. Sha Ling Livestock Waste Composting Plant and livestock waste collection service Commissioned in 1991 20 tpd 14 12 2. Chemical Waste Treatment Centre Commissioned on 13.4.93 100,000 tonnes per year 1,300 338 3. Low-level Radioactive Waste Storage Facility Commissioned on 19.7.05 133 cu.m 84.8 1.5 * Temporarily closed in April 2005. ** All costs shown for completed facilities are actual costs; the rest are estimated costs based on 2008/09 financial year.

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