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Written by: Lao Minyi
2019-12-02 14:05
Last updated: 2019-12-02 14:05The amount of waste paper in Hong Kong continues to increase. The waste paper discarded in landfills in 2018 increased by 6.7% compared to 17 years, and the recovery rate dropped to 41%. This has led to a continued decline in the price of waste paper recycling, and even the phenomenon of "unauthorized paper" .
Earlier, there was a “recruitment” in the recycling industry, and a recycling fund was applied to subsidize front-line recyclers based on the amount of waste paper recovered. The EPA also plans to hire contractors to collect waste paper in Hong Kong as a service contract and resell it to the Mainland or overseas markets after processing. Recycling. Some waste paper exporters have disclosed that the government subsidies must ensure a recycling price of one yuan per kilogram of paper and increase the paper recovery rate. The contract period is 26 months.
He expected the contract to be implemented as soon as March next year, but sighed that the quota for the approval of waste paper imports in the Mainland this year will be used up early next week. It is unknown when the next quarter will be approved again. It is expected that this vacuum period will still do business at a loss.
The EPD plans to hire contractors to collect waste paper from various districts in Hong Kong in the form of service contracts for further processing and resale to the mainland or overseas markets to recycle paper products. (Photo / Photo by Liang Pengwei)
The Environmental Protection Agency advertised in newspapers today (2nd), stating that it plans to launch a waste paper recycling service to support the waste paper recycling industry in Hong Kong and improve the level of waste paper recycling operations and operational efficiency. Under the plan, the EPD will employ contractors in the form of service contracts to collect waste paper in various districts throughout the territory and resell it to the Mainland or overseas markets after processing to recycle paper products. It will also provide economic incentives to encourage the public to actively participate in the recovery of clean waste paper and improve the quality of waste paper in Hong Kong. The Department will hold a briefing on waste paper recycling services and import control measures next Tuesday (10th), inviting the waste paper recycling industry and institutions interested in contracting for service contracts to participate.
The chairman of the Hong Kong Environmental Protection and Recycling Industry Sustainable Development Association Liu Yaocheng revealed that the contract is for 20 months plus 6 months. The lowest bidder will be invited to bid. The successful bidder must ensure that the front-line waste paper recycling price is one yuan per kilogram and the waste paper must be exported. In order to obtain subsidies according to the actual export volume, it is expected that the tender will be launched as soon as next month, which will be officially implemented in March. In the face of the waste paper price falling to two milligrams per kilogram and the difficulty of exporting to the Mainland, Liu Yaocheng believes that subsidies will help exporters to fight in Southeast Asia. Take exporting to Thailand as an example. It costs 90 US dollars (about HK $ 702) per metric ton of waste paper. After deducting the transportation cost, there is only about 400 HK dollars left. It is difficult to pay the frontline recycler even if the bid is successful. Do n’t worry about “eclipse”.
However, he was worried that the plan would be monopolized by large contractors. "If they bid at low prices, even if they lose money, real exporters will be eliminated and the industry will be monopolized in the future." He hoped that the authorities would raise bidding standards, such as the need to submit export waste paper records, There are Hong Kong recycling network, own packaging factory and so on.
Liu Yaocheng (middle) earlier applied for a recovery fund to assist frontline recyclers and waste elders. (Profile picture / Photo by Lao Minyi)
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Liu Yaocheng sighs that the recycling industry "will be better tomorrow, but today I have passed"
Liu Yaocheng earlier applied for 30 million yuan through the recycling fund to subsidize front-line recyclers based on the amount of waste paper recovered. It is planned to launch in mid-September this year. It attracts nearly 200 recycled paper shops and mobile recyclers to participate. At present, it is only guaranteed that scavengers can get four cents per kilogram of waste paper.
Liu Tan said that the subsidy came too late. "Tomorrow will be better, but today I will be too late." He said that his waste paper export orders only go to next Tuesday. It is estimated that the mainland approval will be granted at the latest or after New Year's Day. . He also pointed out that although the waste paper can be stored for up to 20 days, if there is no approval after that, it is estimated that some waste paper will still be diverted to Southeast Asia, and it will only be "eroded."
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