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Written by: Lao Minyi
2020-11-19 08:00
Last update date: 2020-11-19 08:00
The Baguio Waste and Recycling Co., Ltd., which has undertaken multiple recycling contracts with the government, has a wide range of projects and is even called a "monopoly."
Faced with many criticisms on the way to recycling, Baguio Green Group Chairman Wu Yongkang said in an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" that he had never thought of stifling the industry’s living space. He hoped that the industry would recycle at the front line, and Baguio would be responsible for the disposal of the recycling industry. Healthy and orderly development.
Baguio’s associated plastic recycling plant located in the Eco Park will be put into operation as soon as the first quarter of next year. It is expected to process 35,000 metric tons of PET and HDPE plastics each year. Wu Yongkang said that “the goal is to deal with all waste plastic bottles in Hong Kong as much as possible”.
However, the development plan was disrupted by the government's "central rubber collection", which described the contractors in each district as "hungry tigers competing for food" from recycling and disposal. It is anticipated that recycling is facing a crisis, and there are still variables in garbage levy. Acknowledge a big loss of budget.
Wu Yongkang, chairman of Baguio Green Group, accepted an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" and expressed that he hopes to establish a large-scale recycling network in Hong Kong, but not to stifle the living space of the industry.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
"Monopoly" is a misunderstanding and coexistence with the division of labor in the industry
Described as a "big crocodile in the recycling industry," Wu Yongkang, who started as a cleaning company, hopes to build a large-scale recycling network in Hong Kong, but it will not stifle the living space of his peers.
He explained that the current recycling industry is "loosely" competing with each other, hoping to fill the intermediate gap and improve the industry. "The front-line collection is good, continue to collect, and then let us handle it. There is no thought of robbing others to do it." .
"Government contracts can be divided into pork cuts, but it is not economically cost-effective." Wu Yongkang believes that if the three-color barrel contract is handled by the same contractor, it will make supervision and data collection easier to handle.
He emphasized that the government is not partial to Baguio and asked "whether others are willing to invest in a sorting line? If it cannot be sorted, the (recycling waste) is still lost."
Baguio's one-stop process from recycling to disposal is completed. Wu Yongkang took "not a garbage station" as an example and frankly said that "the collection is not as good as them." He hopes to strengthen cooperation with frontline recycling organizations and street shops.
However, there are a few "not rubbish stations" that were published earlier than social networking sites. "It's really impossible for us to help a predator earn credit."
Baguio has been questioned for its poor performance in the past and its outsourcing system is opaque and unjust and refuses to cooperate.
When asked how to restore the public’s confidence in Baguio, Wu bluntly said that many groups were impressed after visiting the workshop, and understood that the recycled waste would become garbage if it was not sorted. Baguio did the sorting seriously.
He said that undertaking multiple recovery contracts from the government only earns processing fees and deals with things that others are unwilling to do or do not have the resources to do, and there is no competition for business.
He believes that if the industry is "messy" and viciously compete, it is not good for the industry to describe it as "clogging up the pit, and receiving a lot of it is useless and unable to go behind."
Central glue collection disrupts recycling plan and worries about "hungry tigers competing for food"
The plastic recycling plant jointly operated by Baguio, Albuquerque and Swire Coca-Cola in EcoPark is about to be completed and is expected to be put into operation in the first quarter of next year. It will mainly process waste PET and HDPE plastics (ie No. 1 and No. 2 rubber) and convert them into quasi food Grade rPET flakes and high-end rHDPE pellets can be processed and recycled up to 35,000 metric tons per year.
Baguio has launched a one-stop recycling platform "Love Recycling". Recycling through mobile apps earns points in exchange for merchant discounts, and provides door-to-door recycling services.
Wu Yongkang said that at least 10 cleaned plastic bottles (No. 1 and No. 2) or glass bottles (only on Hong Kong Island and the New Territories) are required for each visit to increase convenience. He also hopes that the government encourages the public to hand in waste plastic The completed plastic factory.
The government is currently implementing a "central rubber collection" pilot program in the three districts. Wu Yongkang is worried about inducing a "rubber rush" in the future.
He explained that the contractor needs to set up its own production line to process the plastic recovered in the area. He can't help but question whether the processing volume is small and whether anyone is still willing to invest heavily to set up a high-tech production line.
He said frankly that when the central rubber collection plan was introduced, he felt inexplicable. He even described or induced "hungry tigers fighting for food" many competitors appeared. "We can't survive in low-end competition, and they can't survive."
If the rubber collection plan is extended to other regions in the future, "everyone in the industry struggles, and the final product may not be better, and there will be much less," admitting that it will pose a crisis to the plastic factory.
He suggested that the department should provide the contractor with one more option. If the processing capacity is limited, they should be encouraged to collect the waste rubber and send it to the Environmental Protection Park for treatment, so that each other can have room for survival.
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Half of the recyclables in the three-color bucket must be discarded in the landfill, lunch boxes, and half of the beverages left in the recycling bucket
The slogan "blue waste paper, yellow aluminum cans, brown plastic bottles" is familiar, but the reality is that the recyclables are mixed, and the recycling bins are even reduced to trash bins.
The three-color recycling bin has been fine-tuned to delete the garbage collection part, and a new sticker with a QR code and hotline number is attached to allow citizens to report that the recycling bin is overflowing or damaged, and submit it directly to Baguio.
As of early November, nearly 200 reported cases have been received, and about 70% of them have reported overflowing recycling bins.
Wu Yongkang said that in addition to handling reported problems immediately, it also helps to collect data and facilitate the deployment of the distribution of the three-color buckets.
Baguio collected about 107 metric tons of materials from tri-color drums on Hong Kong Island and the New Territories in September, and expanded to Kowloon in October, increasing to about 125 metric tons, but the final recoverable rate dropped from 57% to 50%.
Wu Yongkang lamented that the citizens have insufficient awareness of source classification. They think that good recycling still depends on the later sorting process, so they have to be sent to the Fanling Recycling Yard, put on a conveyor belt and sorted manually. About half of it is garbage, such as undrink Finished beverages and unfinished lunch boxes contaminate other recyclables. In addition to smelling, they also increase the difficulty of sorting.
The garbage levy is far away. Wu Yongkang said that the company has lost its budget. However, he still believes that the more developed the city, the more it needs to dispose of its own garbage. There must be a recycling industry behind it, and the implementation of local recycling and local use will still have a prospect for local recycling. confidence.
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