The Producer Responsibility Scheme for beverage plastic bottles and paper beverage boxes will be discussed by the Legislative Council's Panel on Environmental Affairs on February 24. Documents uploaded by the committee today (February 18) indicate that the scheme does not set a specific implementation date. Several environmental groups agree that although the government should legislate on a common legal framework for the Producer Responsibility Scheme, the documents mention no specific date of implementation, and the recycling targets are too weak. We reiterate that the government must promptly implement an effective Producer Responsibility Scheme for plastic beverage containers and beverage cartons to minimize beverage container waste.
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) announced on February 14 that it would invite interested parties to submit tenders for the processing and recycling of drinks cartons collected from government-funded green community facilities from July 1. This move is meant to “maintain the current positive momentum of the public in recycling beverage cartons as well as the completeness and stability of the recycling chain”.
"香港每日往堆填區扔掉約500萬個飲品膠樽，出口回收率卻只得卑微的0.5%，代表大家每飲完100瓶飲料，能送到回收場的膠樽平均不夠1個，情何以堪。環保署正開展「塑膠飲料容器生產者責任計劃」公眾諮詢，建議市民每退還1個膠樽，可獲1角回贈獎勵；有民間組織更認為，僅5仙的鼓勵已經足夠，又把獎勵計劃和環保團體倡議的「按樽制」混作一談，讓人有魚目混珠的感覺。 "...
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Green Talks 
19 Feb 2025
