Policies

MEP has done lots of work to facilitate establishment of hazardous waste market and enhance domestic hazardous waste disposal capacity. For this purpose, we are carrying out a program of hazardous waste and medical waste disposal facility constructing throughout China. Firstly, we have established the system of technical criteria of hazardous waste disposal facility. Secondly, we have trained the personnel of EPB of all provinces. Thirdly, we have carried out a national investigation of the current disposal facility of hazardous waste in China. Now, some of the facilities of the program have been established. In addition, we have established 31 provincial management center of solid waste throughout the nation. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China A statutory Waste Disposal Plan was developed in 1989 for the management of wastes in HKSAR. There are 3 major landfills for the disposal of municipal wastes and a Chemical Waste Treatment Centre for the disposal of chemical wastes generated in the HKSAR. This facility promotes self reliance for HKSAR to manage hazardous wastes and reduce the need for HKSAR to export these wastes. A territory-wide waste recovery programme was introduced in January 2005 to facilitate separation of different types of wastes at sources. A 20-hectare EcoPark is being developed by the HKSAR Government to provide long term land for the recycling industry, which would facilitate local recycling of recovered wastes. In parallel, the feasibility of introducing a producer responsibility scheme on handling of obsolete electrical and electronic equipment is being studied. Under the Policy Framework for the Management of Municipal Solid Waste for 2005-2014 which has been published in 2005, a multi-technology Integrated Waste Management Facilities (IWMF) will be commissioned in mid 2010s. The three existing landfills will be extended to provide the final repository for the waste which cannot be recycled or treated, or for the residues after treatment at the IWMF. Macao Special Administrative Region, China A Macao Special Hazardous Waste Treatment Plant was built to treat, hazardous chemical waste, animal dead bodies, medical waste, waste oil, sludge and waste tires etc., in which the medical waste is treated and incinerated separately. The trial run of the plant started in May 2007. Besides, there also exists one landfill for fly ash residues of incinerating municipal waste and the hazardous waste. Waste oil and sludge is treated in the special incinerator of the Macao Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant.