Under the epidemic situation, less than 100 metric tons of food waste are recovered. The government will launch a collection plan at the end of the year to cover some housing estates

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Written by: Golden Chess

2020-06-22 18:17

Food waste accounts for the largest proportion of landfill waste, with more than 3,000 metric tons discarded daily. The Environment Bureau plans to implement the second phase of the Food Waste Collection Pilot Program by the end of this year. It is expected that the daily collection of food waste will reach 250 metric tons in 2022, double the current recycling amount. A member of the Legislative Council said today (22) that by 2023, food waste facilities are expected to handle 550 metric tons per day, questioning "the collection network cannot catch up with the processing capacity," and that the government wants to improve.

In addition, the Secretary for the Environment, Huang Jinxing, revealed that in the case of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the restaurant and restaurant business "Mamadi", so the food waste collected in the past one or two months is less than 100 metric tons, that is, the Organic Resource Recovery Center Half of the processing capacity of the first phase has not been reached.

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The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs held a meeting today to discuss food waste collection and delivery arrangements. The Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department, Mr. Wu Jiangmini, said that the second phase of the Food Waste Collection Pilot Program started at the end of this year. It has already expressed interest in participating in about 150 new venues from the first phase. The authorities will also encourage housing estates to try out smarts The food waste collection box collects household food waste, and then transports it to the first phase of the organic resource recycling center for processing.

Legislative Council member Zhu Kaidi said at the meeting that as the government is constructing the second phase of the organic resource recycling center, each kitchen waste treatment facility is expected to process a total of 550 metric tons per day in 2023, but the government's goal is to collect only 250 metric tons. He also suggested that the second phase of the food waste collection pilot program can cover rural areas, because it can incidentally improve hygiene issues, "I believe villagers are welcome."

Food waste accounts for the largest proportion of landfill waste, with more than 3,000 metric tons discarded daily. (Profile picture)

Chen Zhiquan, a member of the People's Power Legislative Council, proposed that many restaurants' business was greatly reduced in the epidemic, and asked the government to collect the latest figures. Ms. Wu Jiangmin responded that the authorities will review the collection target after the completion of the second phase of the Organic Resources Recovery Center, and rural areas are also one of the areas that they hope to try. Huang Jinxing pointed out that the amount of food waste collected in the past month or two was less than 100 metric tons.

Xu Zhifeng, a member of the Democratic Legislative Council, pointed out that if garbage charges are implemented, the daily food waste can be reduced by more than 1,600 metric tons. However, the authorities were pulled down because of "softening" in the disposal of garbage charges, and criticized "The Environment Bureau completely failed, Huang Jinxing you Nothing will happen!" The DAB, He Junxian, asked about the carrying capacity of the food waste transportation fleet, such as costs and expenses.

Huang responded that the authorities have worked in various aspects of environmental protection and believed that waste reduction is particularly challenging, emphasizing that the authorities will not stop waste reduction. Wu Jiangmini admits that the transportation cost is expensive, and will examine how to arrange the fleet to collect the most food waste.

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In addition, the authorities also proposed to use Tuen Mun T. The land construction park, waste department, and center near the park (source. district) will initially collect and dispose of the park waste generated by government departments and public works projects, and gradually expand to other local park waste. The service scope includes the conversion of garden wastes, crushing, etc. into the same useful objects, which are used for composting and other purposes. It is expected to start operation in early 2021年. The first place of the facility理量 is expected to be about 11,000 metric tons. The government plans to invest about 30 million yuan in 2020-21.

In addition, Xie Zhanhuan, deputy director of the Environment Bureau, also pointed out that the authorities have launched a study on the development of a pilot facility in the Tuen Mun Environmental Park to convert suitable garden waste into biochar. Produces about 3 to 5 metric tons of biochar.

Huang Jinxing, Food Waste Environment Bureau