2022
- With the re-organisation of the government structure in July 2022, the former Environment Bureau (ENB) was renamed as the Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB) with an expanded portfolio.
- Continued to implement initiatives and measures put forward in our various blueprints for environmental protection, including combating climate change to achieve carbon neutrality before 2050, improving air quality, promoting electric vehicles (EV) and other means of green transport, and enhancing waste reduction and resource circulation.
- To further promote research and development of technologies in decarbonisation, the Government injected an additional funding of $200 million to the Green Tech Fund in the 2022-23 Budget.
- Expanded the Mandatory Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme to cover more household appliances, increasing the total coverage of energy consumption in the residential sector.
- “EV-Charging Easy” mobile app was also launched to provide users a convenient way to receive real
- time EV charger availability at different carparks in each district for the EV charging network opened for public use.
- To promote the use of green transport, over 1 000 medium EV charges were installed at government car parks for public use in 2022.
- Our community recycling network GREEN@COMMUNITY continued to expand, comprising 11 Recycling Stations, 32 Recycling Stores, and more than 120 Recycling Spots across the territory as at end 2022, to collect recyclables for proper recycling.
- To step up efforts on plastics control, the enhanced Plastic Shopping Bag Charging Scheme was implemented in December 2022 with increased charging level and tightened control.
- A trial scheme on food waste collection at public rental housing estates was also launched to tackle the largest component of municipal solid waste (MSW) disposed of in the landfills.
- EPD was honoured with the Gold Prize of Civil Service Outstanding Award Scheme 2022 - Innovation and Technology Awards (Best Use of Technology) in recognition of its efforts in applying smart technology in pioneering public service improvement.