"Mil Mill" is the only recycling factory in Hong Kong for paper-packed beverage boxes. The lease of the recycling factory in Yuen Long Innovation Park has expired, and the company is trying to postpone the move out of the Science and Technology Park Company. The incident has aroused social attention to the development of the recycling industry.
Cheng Man-chung, a member of the Advisory Committee for Waste Oil Recycling and Recycling Fund in Yuen Long Innovation Park, believes that the Mil Mill incident reflects that the biggest problem of the recycling industry in Hong Kong is that there is not enough land, which also limits the development. There is no place in the system.”
Zheng Wencong suggested that the authorities can use the landfill that has been closed and completed repairs to develop into a land for the recycling industry, and allow recycling plants to be stationed.
In response to the suggestion, the EPD stated that it would be willing to discuss if there are organizations or groups interested in using the rehabilitated landfills to develop and operate recycling businesses.
Lu Zhicong, co-founder of Mil Mill, believes that the relevant proposals are feasible, but he noticed that the government currently has a lot of idle land, and will collect information on multiple feasible solutions and discuss with the government.
"Guanyou" Recycling Plant 90 Years Yuen Long Industrial Estate Set up Factory in 10 Years to Break Even
Zhengchang Technology (Group) Co., Ltd., located in Yuen Long Innovation Park (formerly known as Yuen Long Industrial Estate), mainly recycles waste lubricating oils such as "Guan Oil", and filters them into environmentally friendly motor oil, concrete mold release agent, etc. Sold to the local market.
Zheng Wencong, managing director of Zhengchang Technology, said that his company entered the Yuen Long Industrial Estate in 1993. He joked that the industrial estate was very deserted at that time: "There will be cows on the roadside, so be careful not to hit the car."
Zheng believes that for a recycling plant, the lease must be at least 30 years to be considered stable due to the investment in design technology and large-scale machinery.
He took his company as an example. It took more than 10 years since it opened for business to break even. "How long do you have to pay me for a long time, and you have the confidence to endure it?" He also described his company as very "lucky", Yu Yuan said. Long Innovation Park has a lease until 2047, which is different from the short-term lease signed by Mil Mill.
Cheng Man-chung: Land issues make it difficult for Hong Kong's recycling industry to develop
Regarding the Mil Mill incident, Cheng Man-chung suggested that the Science and Technology Park could give a one-year grace period: "It is really difficult to move out in such a short period of time, and the EPD can help to scavenge the place in a year." He believes that the incident also reflects the land reclamation industry in Hong Kong. In 2002, the then Secretary for Environment, Transport and Public Works Liao Sau-tung sought to develop an eco-park, but today there is not enough space in the eco-park, and if you look for a new land, you will be “unlikely”; in addition, the authorities plan to build multiple Environmental protection facilities, such as incinerators, etc., also require land development.
He believes that the land issue has made it difficult for the recycling industry in Hong Kong to develop, and it is causing the outside world to think that the recycling industry is limited to "handmade" low-tech industries: "There is no way to invest in short-term leases. Do you want to do it?" He also analogized: "Like the same kind of daffodil, there must be soil and Nurture (nurture), and then there will be growth."
Cheng Man Cong "offers a proposal" to Xie Zhanwan to develop the landfill into a land for the recycling industry
Zheng Wencong said that he and the Legislative Council member Lu Weiguo recently "offered suggestions" to the Secretary for the Environment and Ecology, Xie Zhanwan, and proposed that the landfill that has been closed and completed repairs can be developed into a land for the recycling industry, so that recycling plants can be stationed.
He explained that the rehabilitated landfill has developed traffic and is farther away from residential buildings, so there will be no noise problem.
He pointed out that the restored landfill will have subsidence problems and is not suitable for building houses; and the landfill is land under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Department, "there is no need to deal with other government departments, and it takes a long time to coordinate with other departments. ”, so it is considered an ideal land for the development of the recycling industry.
He also suggested that a platform could be built on the rehabilitated landfill, and then a recycling plant could be invited to move in. It is estimated that the construction can be completed within a year at the earliest.
▼The paper bag drink box recycling merchant Mil Mill was forced to move▼
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EPD: Willing to discuss the development and operation of recycling business in rehabilitated landfills
The EPD replied that there are 13 landfills in Hong Kong that have been closed and whose restoration works have been completed. At present, there are still some landfills in the remaining Tseung Kwan O Phase 1 landfills, Wang Hau Shek Valley, Ma Yau Tong Central and Ma Yau Tong West landfills. available.
The EPD emphasized that if there are organizations or groups interested in developing and operating recycling businesses using the above-mentioned rehabilitated landfills, they are happy to discuss with them.
The EPD also said that as long as the land planning restrictions and other relevant requirements, such as firefighting equipment, are met, the EPD will lease the relevant land through public tenders.
The EPD replied that there is still some developable land available at the Tseung Kwan O Phase 1 landfill.
3 rehabilitated landfills are equivalent to 4 Tuen Mun EcoPark
According to the EPD, the total area of the restored landfills in Shek Valley, Ma Yau Tong Middle and Ma Yau Tong West alone is 85 hectares, which is approximately equal to the area of four Tuen Mun Eco Parks.
Lu Zhicong, co-founder of Mil Mill, replied to "Hong Kong 01" that he has paid attention to the landfill land that has been restored. He believes that since the recycling plant mainly needs to set up machinery and the foundation does not need to be driven too deep, building a plant on the relevant land is "completely no problem. It is feasible.” He also said that he would collect more information on feasible solutions, including idle land, etc., and then discuss with the government.
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