The waste levy draft is expected to end Huang Jinxing: Will discuss with the parliament again waste reduction work will not stop

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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2020-06-20 12:45

More than half of the Legislative Council Bills Committee on Garbage Levy Bill agreed to terminate the consideration of the bill. The Secretary for the Environment, Huang Jinxing, said on a radio program today (20th) that if any member has a "more insistent opinion" on the bill, it will have a great impact on the legislative process The authorities will discuss with the Parliament again. He also emphasized that even if the bill is not passed, waste reduction and environmental protection will not stop.

When asked whether the current government attaches great importance to environmental protection work and wants to give way to other bills, Huang Jinxing pointed out that environmental protection has always been a category of resources invested by the government.

Huang Jinxing said on a radio program that if some Members have "more persistent opinions" on the bill, it will have a great impact on the legislative process. (Information picture/photo by Luo Junhao)

Huang Jinxing said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan TV program "Accountability on Saturday" that in the past year, due to social conditions, the progress of the Legislative Council was slower. More than half of the members of the Bills Committee on the Garbage Levy Bill agreed to terminate the consideration of the bill. More insistent opinions will have a great impact on the process." He said that the authorities will discuss with the Parliament again, and he emphasized that waste reduction and environmental protection will not stop. When asked whether the Government and the Legislative Council both attach great importance to environmental protection, he said that environmental protection has always been the area where the government has invested a lot of resources. The Legislative Council will make its own choices. The Administration will try its best to cooperate with the work of the Parliament.

In addition, Huang Jinxing pointed out that the Environment Bureau recently announced the "Waste Reduction and Recycling 2.0" plan to increase the types of recyclable items to eight, that is, in addition to the basic "three-color" waste paper, metal, plastic bottles, glass, rechargeable batteries, and saving Electric bile, light tube, small electrical appliances and four electricity and one brain are covered. The authorities will also extend the "Home Food Waste Recovery and Transformation" program to subsidize the installation of smart kitchen waste recovery bins in residential housing estates; waste rubber recycling has also been expanded to waste from different plastic bottles, plastic bags, optical discs, and packaging. Styrofoam and fruit nets.

More than half of the Legislative Council Bills Committee on the Garbage Levy Bill agreed to terminate the consideration of the draft. (Profile picture)

I was asked that even though the authorities have educated the public for many years, there are still many people who use the recycling bins as trash cans. Huang Jinxing responded that the Eastern District is now implementing a waste plastic recycling pilot program, with nearly half of the villages participating, and the clean plastic recycling rate exceeds 90%. , Showing a good response, Shatin District and Kwun Tong District will also join the plan.

As for the "green employment" plan, Huang Jinxing said that the purpose of the launch is to create new job opportunities and promote environmental protection. The plan provides more than 1,000 job opportunities, including 400 government civil service positions. Huang Jinxing said that due to the epidemic, many publicity policies have been delayed, so 500 new jobs were added, covering policies such as accelerating the popularization of electric vehicles, waste reduction and recycling, and ecological education.

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