(21 Jul 2023 SCMP)
The municipal solid waste charging scheme was first proposed in 2005. In March 2017, the Environment Bureau said the scheme could take effect in the second half of 2019.
(21 Jul 2023 SCMP)
The municipal solid waste charging scheme was first proposed in 2005. In March 2017, the Environment Bureau said the scheme could take effect in the second half of 2019.
(07 Jul 2023 SCMP)
The Japanese government is adamant about discharging treated radioactive waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean this summer despite strong opposition in many countries, including China and South Korea, as well as fishing communities in the region.
(22 Jun 2023 SCMP)
Almost all of Hong Kong’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles continue to be thrown away, rather than recycled, despite plastic recovery schemes. Less than one per cent were recycled in 2019, the latest year for which discrete PET figures are available, with the bulk – about 121 tonnes a day – ending up in a landfill. Many such plastic bottles are simply dumped on our beaches and nature trails, polluting our environment.
(2023年6月16日 專欄) 我不喜歡過國際乜乜日、物物日,如果大家只會在這天高舉標語、辦幾場大龍鳳活動,行禮如儀。假如世界環境日是一面照妖鏡,那麼這一天,正映照出各國對塑膠問題的態度—真心着緊,抑或有口無心。
(2023年6月20日新聞稿) 發展局正就新田科技城的土地用途進行公眾諮詢,擬於明年內填平約90公頃魚塘作創科用地。綠惜地球等九個環保團體(下稱團體)發表聯合聲明,批評發展計劃摧毀保育后海灣濕地30年來的重要制度,包括發展凌駕科學,未完成生態研究即公佈發展計劃,影響達248公頃濕地敏感地區,有淡化重大生態影響之嫌;違反濕地規劃指引「防患未然」和「濕地零淨損失」等原則;更未有就發展規模倍增,重做環評研究概要。團體強調,最壞先例一開,恐將損害大灣區獨有國際濕地。團體強烈促請政府修改計劃,以免對后海灣生態系統造成不可逆轉的破壞。
(2023年6月2日 專欄) 三十一歲的John Chweya談吐溫文,沒想到他在肯雅當了近二十年的拾荒者。
(2023年6月3日 專欄) 聯合國大聲疾呼,關掉塑膠污染的水龍頭(turning off the tap),過去幾天,175國代表在巴黎召開談判,制定全球首條減塑公約,希望在2040年以前,大幅減少8成的塑膠污染。
(2023年5月19日 專欄) 二〇二一年,香港的整體回收率只有31%,如果沒有拾荒者,這個數字進一步會再掉落多少?
(19 May 2023 SCMP)
A new report by the UN Environment Programme titled “Turning off the tap: how the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy” underscores the importance of tackling such pollution at source.
(2023年5月5日 專欄) 二〇〇八年在新界鄉郊尋找非法電子廢物處置場,在途經的大片農地上,發現違和又突兀的一塊,走近驚覺它竟有兩個籃球場大,裏頭埋葬了泥頭、生銹鐵通和爛磁磚等,足有一米多高。接下來的兩年,它像腫瘤般不斷向周遭蔓延,把村路斷了,把屋子堵住,也堵塞水道。