Highlights

This report presents the air quality status of Hong Kong in 2025.  For details, please click to read the 2025 Air Quality Report. 

The overall air quality of Hong Kong has been improving in recent years, with concentrations of major air pollutants continuously decreasing and remaining at low levels since Hong Kong’s return to the motherland.  Owing to the efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government over the years, Hong Kong's air quality has continued to improve over the past 20 years, resulting in a reduction of long-term health risks by more than 50%.
 

The reports provide an overview of the state of Hong Kong marine and river waters in 2025.  For details, please click to read the 2025 Marine Water Quality Report and 2025 River Water Quality Report. 

In 2025, Hong Kong’s Mirs Bay was selected as a national “Outstanding Example of Beautiful Bays” with an excellent overall score.
 

Enchanting China Promotion Week (Hong Kong Region) – Beautiful Hong Kong Green Fest

To celebrate The Environment Day (June 5th) and the 40th Anniversary of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD), the EPD is launching a one-week publicity campaign, the "Beautiful Hong Kong Green Fest”, in Hong Kong from June 1 to June 7, 2026.  This campaign aims to enhance public environmental awareness through four key pillars, “Beautiful Hong Kong”, “Public Participation”, “Waste Reduction and Recycling” and “Green Technology”.
 

The Environmental Protection Department and the Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group are co-organizing the “Beautiful Hong Kong” Photo Contest. There are four themes for the competition: The Nature and Ecological Conservation, A Green City in Practice, Human-Nature Harmony, and Beautiful Mirs Bay. Join us and capture Hong Kong’s most enchanting moments through your lens! 

This report presents the beach water quality status of Hong Kong in 2025.  All 42 gazetted beaches have fully complied with the bacteriological Water Quality Objective (WQO) for 16 consecutive years since 2010.  The achievement reflects the Government’s continuous efforts in implementing pollution control and environmental improvement measures.  The report can be obtained at the EPD website.

For the information about public electric vehicle charging facilities with Guo Biao standard (GB/T), please refer to the List of Public Electric Vehicle GB/T Charging Facilities, or access it through the "HKeMobility" mobile application.

The Environmental Protection Department has launched the Packaging Reduction Charter, encouraging businesses to reassess and reduce packaging usage, foster a waste reduction culture in commercial activities, and support Hong Kong’s long-term vision of zero landfill waste and carbon neutrality. For details, please visit the Hong Kong Waste Reduction Website.

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has launched the “Waste Reduction and Recycling Charter” on 1 June 2024 and encourages private residential premises to participate.  For details, please visit Hong Kong Waste Reduction Website.

To facilitate the trade in implementing packaging reduction and management initiatives in their daily operation, EPD published “Practical Guides on Packaging Reduction and Management” for specific sectors. For details, please click here.

The Regulation on Disposable Plastic Products comes into force on 22 April 2024.   For details, please visit  “Cut Plastic Use” thematic website.

The Government launched the Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050 on 8 October 2021, setting out the vision of "Zero-carbon Emissions· Liveable City·Sustainable Development", and outlining the strategies and targets for combating climate change and achieving carbon neutrality. For details, please see the Action Plan.

The Government issued the Clean Air Plan for Hong Kong 2035 with the vision of “Healthy Living．Low-carbon Transformation．World Class”. It leads Hong Kong to a liveable city with air quality on par with major international cities by 2035.

The Government issued the Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles with the vision of “Zero Carbon Emissions．Clean Air．Smart City”. It outlines the strategies and measures of promoting electric vehicles development with a view to attaining zero vehicular emissions before 2050.

The Government promulgated the Waste Blueprint for Hong Kong 2035 on February 8, 2021, with the vision of “Waste Reduction．Resources Circulation．Zero Landfill”.  It outlines the strategies, targets and actions to tackle the waste management challenges up to 2035.