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Written by: Lao Minyi
2020-08-31 00:00
Last update date: 2020-08-31 00:00South China Renewable Resources (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as South China), a food waste treatment company that was exposed to substandard processing capacity, entered the Tuen Mun Environmental Protection Park in 2013. The 20-year lease period could have been operating until the end of 2032, but "Hong Kong 01 》According to the news, the food waste factory has been closed for 7 and a half years and is selling plant machinery. The reporter called South China and was informed that the operation had been suspended on June 30.
The Environmental Protection Department confirmed that the amount of food waste processed in South China did not meet the lease requirements. Based on the effective use of land resources in the environmental protection park and the principles of fairness in tendering, it is following up on the lease in South China in accordance with the contract. South China has also stopped cooking in July this year. I collect services.
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South China was exposed to food waste dumping in landfills, and the processing volume was not up to standard
South China has a plant area of 8,500 square meters in the Environmental Protection Park. Since 2013, it has been approved by the Environmental Protection Department for a 20-year lease with a monthly lease of 180,000 yuan. It claims that it can process 100 metric tons of food waste per day and produce high-protein feed nutrients. South China started production in May 2015, mainly recycling food waste from the industrial and commercial sectors, including airports and hotels.
The lease stipulates that in the first year of production, it will process at least 700 metric tons of food waste per month, increase to at least 1,400 metric tons in the second year, and double to 2,800 metric tons in the third year, which is approximately 93 metric tons per day.
Afterwards, the media broke the news that most of the recycled food waste was dumped in landfills in South China, and the amount of food waste treatment has been lower than the lease agreement for a long time. The company blamed the public for insufficient food waste classification and recycling awareness. The Environmental Protection Department has stated that if the tenants of the EcoPark continue to fail to meet the requirements of the lease or violate the rules, they will follow up as required by the lease, including written warnings, and reclaim the land when necessary.
The South China Food Waste Factory is located in the Environmental Protection Park. (Environmental Protection Park website)
Environmental Protection Department: The processing capacity has not improved and is following up the lease
"Hong Kong 01" received news that the food waste factory has been closed for 7 and a half years and is selling plant machinery. The reporter once called South China, and the other party only informed that the plant had been shut down on June 30, and had notified the customer, and refused to respond to other queries and accept interviews.
The Environmental Protection Department replied that it had met with its management many times to understand the difficulties and discussed and assisted in improving its food waste collection and processing capabilities regarding the food waste processing volume in South China that did not meet the lease requirements; South China also actively tried to implement various improvements Measures include strengthening publicity of its business to the general public and potential customers, and research and development of new food waste processing production lines and products.
In view of the fact that the operation and processing capacity of South China has not been continuously improved, based on the effective use of land resources in the EcoPark and the principle of fairness in tendering, the Environmental Protection Department is following up on the lease matters in South China according to the contract, and has not responded positively to whether the contract is terminated early.
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Industry: South China's operating costs are too high
Huang Xujin, the former deputy general manager of South China, once shared the development blueprint to the media. He believed that there was a lot of room for development in turning food waste into fish food. However, when the machine entered the market, he found that it was not as good as expected. It is known that most landfills are sent to food waste plants established by the government in the later period, and the real processing capacity is limited.
He summed up the cause of death in South China with "not a big head, don't wear a big top hat". He pointed out that the investment amounted to hundreds of millions of yuan, the rent was expensive, and it also had to bear transportation and production costs. At the same time, it sorted and improved feed protein. Due to lack of technology, the processing fees charged to customers alone cannot support operations.
Huang Xujin later resigned and set up a new food waste company, Kowloon Environmental Treatment Development Co., Ltd., which used to recycle "pre-dinner food waste" into animal feed, such as reconstituted dog food, but the market response was general. Production was suspended in the middle of this year. Currently, it mainly accepts hotels and houses. Yuan and other food wastes act as logistics to send the food wastes to Xiaohaowan for processing. After deducting the cost, they can still earn hundreds of yuan per metric ton.
Food waste recovery in restaurants is sluggish under the epidemic
South China left midway, and some customers switched to another food waste company, Green Food Waste Recycling Co., Ltd. Chairman Lu Jianji believes that the cause of death in South China is the flat fees and high rents. This is basically a "erosion". Coupled with the poor business of restaurants under the epidemic, the amount of food waste recycling has naturally decreased.
Lu said that his company can process about 10 metric tons of food waste every day, of which at least half can be made into environmentally friendly fish feed and high-protein pig feed. Most of the food waste used is bean dregs and bread crusts, and liquid food waste can only be sent Government food waste factory. He said frankly that he is interested in entering the environmental protection park. After entering the site, the daily processing capacity can be increased by 10 times to 100 metric tons. In addition, the current food waste recovery rate in Hong Kong is low. He believes that there is still room for food waste recovery, but he hopes that the monthly rent will be reduced. 50,000 yuan.
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Huan Tuan: Difficult to compete with government food waste factories
In 2018, the daily food waste disposal volume in Hong Kong amounted to 3,565 metric tons, and only about 74 metric tons were recycled, and the recycling rate was only about 2%. The first phase of the Organic Resource Recovery Center (O·PARK1) in Siu Ho Wan started operation in July 2018 and can process 200 metric tons of food waste per day; the second phase (O·PARK2) in Shaling, North District is expected to be 2022 Put into operation every year, it can process 300 metric tons of food waste every day.
Green Earth’s director-general Liu Zhifeng pointed out that South China is a commercial operation and charges are required for door-to-door recycling, but government-operated food waste factories are supported by public funds. Looking through the data, the Environmental Protection Department’s Recycling Fund has set aside 50 million yuan to encourage the industry to start food waste collection and transportation to food waste treatment facilities. It also plans to launch the second phase of the larger pilot food waste collection program at the end of this year. The daily collection and transportation of food waste is mainly sourced from Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. It is preparing to recruit contractors to provide transportation fleets to collect food waste.
He described the competition between South China and government food waste factories, like small electrical recyclers and the government-funded WEEE·PARK in the environmental protection park. There is a lack of fair competition. With subsidies, the business community naturally tends to choose government facilities, and garbage charges have been delayed. After the announcement, many restaurants and citizens would rather pour out their food waste, which caused South China to lose its budget and suffered a double blow.
Green Earth’s director-general Liu Zhifeng pointed out that South China is a commercial operation and charges are required for door-to-door recycling, but government-operated food waste factories are supported by public funds.
O·PARK1 handled less than half of the promise last year
The Environment Bureau published the "Hong Kong Food Waste and Garden Waste Plan" in 2014, which set a goal of reducing the food waste that needs to be disposed of at landfills by 40% to about 2,100 metric tons per day by 2022, but last year O·PARK1 averaged daily The food waste processing volume was only about 92 metric tons. In the first seven months of this year, the average daily processing volume dropped to about 79 metric tons, which is less than half of the promised.
The Environmental Protection Department explained that at the beginning of the operation, it was necessary to gradually increase the amount of food waste processed in accordance with the characteristics of local food waste to ensure that there was sufficient time for the microorganisms to degrade food waste to multiply. At the beginning of this year, the epidemic situation also caused a slight drop in the processing volume. The department will gradually collect household food waste, and expects that the daily collection of food waste will gradually reach 250 metric tons in 2022.
Liu Zhifeng believes that the government needs to work harder to increase the public's awareness of recycling, including expanding the food waste recycling network in housing estates and providing a highly transparent and convenient recycling system to increase public confidence and increase the recycling rate.
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