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Private recyclers dominate Chelu district councillors after finishing the shadow line: they fall into the "three no-brainers" zone of government departments

2022-09-04T14:17:04.301Z


The mobile recycling waste station on the street turns into a road bomb at any time! Tseung Kwan O, Tseung Keng Leng, has a traffic lane off the road. It has been occupied for a long time and used as a mobile waste recycling station.


The mobile recycling waste station on the street turns into a road bomb at any time!

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Keng Leng roadside is a traffic shadow line, which has been occupied for a long time and turned into a mobile waste recycling station. Private recyclers often drive to the site to collect waste, causing some scavengers to place iron cage cars and waste paper in the shadow. Online, there are even more recycling vehicles openly doing business on the traffic lanes to block later vehicles. The situation has lasted for more than 8 years. Some district councillors have reported to the FEHD, EPD and the police one after another, but the problem has not been completely solved, especially if it has become a department " For fear of causing environmental sanitation and traffic accidents, we urge government departments to jointly enforce the law or set up waste recycling points for use.


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Private recycling is valuable, and market scavengers dispose of waste paper in large quantities

Located on King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, near the Hong Kong Design Institute, there is a driving road. For many years, private recyclers will come to the site to park at regular times to recycle waste paper, hardware and other materials, and then calculate the value by weight. Since waste is valuable and has a market, it attracts a large number of The scavengers, before the recyclers arrived, bundled up a large amount of waste paper and placed them next to the railings of the sidewalk or in the center of the shadow line.

According to what was seen in the on-site photos, dozens of bundles of waste paper sheets were abandoned at the hatches or on the side of the fence. During the recycling period, there were also iron cage cars and different types of metal scraps occupying the road, which not only blocked traffic, but also caused the road to become dirty. They also openly process and transport recycled materials in the traffic lanes outside the shadow line. As long as a private car or bus driver happens to turn left along Choi Ming Road into Jingling Road and pass by inattentively, there is a chance of causing a traffic accident, and the chaos will continue. More than 8 years, still not properly dealt with.

Sai Kung District Councillor Cheung Chin Pang said that he has been continuously receiving complaints from residents about the occupation of waste paper at Block 10 of Metro Station and the intersection of King Ling Road opposite to Choi Ming Shopping Centre. However, he was disappointed by the response of various departments.

He quoted an environmental response as saying that the recycling vehicle parked at the above address is not owned by the waste paper collection and recycling service contractor, and will only remind the online recyclers of the service contractor to abide by the relevant laws. And the addition of a recycling point outside the "Green in Po Lam", which is currently under bidding, is expected to be put into service within this year, but there is no mention of how to enforce the law.

Sai Kung District Councillor Cheung Chin Pang (blue shirt) submitted a petition letter to a representative of the Environmental Protection Department earlier on the issue of King Ling Road becoming a mobile recycling station.

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District councilor: I have reported to the FEHD, the police and the EPD that there is no complete cure

He quoted the FEHD's reply that the department would only target people for littering of rubbish or sundries on the pavement, including on-the-spot ticket prosecution, but could not deal with the behavior of placing iron cages or scraps of paper on the road or shadows. Law enforcement was carried out. As for the police, they had chased away the garbage caused by the recycling vehicles, but the private recycling dealers would circle around the neighborhood. The FEHD and the FEHD have jointly enforced the law. The above site seems to have become a "three no-holds-barred" zone where the FEHD will not handle it, the EPD lacks supporting facilities, and the police are unable to enforce the law.

Zhang Zhanpeng urged the Environmental Protection Department to set up suitable waste collection points in Tiu Keng Ling District for waste pickers and recyclers to use to improve the environmental sanitation of the above-mentioned black spots and the phenomenon of illegal occupation for a long time. In addition, since private recyclers provide financial incentives for waste recycling, the government When necessary, multiple departments should be jointly enforced to combat related phenomena to strengthen deterrence.

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