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Seven Environmental Groups Joint Statement of Waste Reduction and Recycling Policy to 2020 Policy Address
2020/09/22
Environmental Campaigns > Municipal Solid Waste Charging > Seven Environmental Groups Joint Statement of Waste Reduction and Recycling Policy to 2020 Policy Address
 The Chief Executive will announce the 2020 Policy Address on 14th Oct. Seven environmental groups have issued a joint statement on 22 Sep, urging CE to uphold the principles of waste reduction from source and polluter-pays and re-table the Waste Disposal (Charging for Municipal Solid Waste) (Amendment) Bill 2018 to the Legco. At the meantime, the government should expand the Plastic Recycling Pilot Scheme from 3 districts to all over Hong Kong and design more policies encouraging waste reduction from source.

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