What Hong Kong’s 2023 waste data tells us, and what it doesn’t
(25 Dec 2024 SCMP) Hong Kong finally published last year’s waste statistics on December 19, nearly a month after Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan shared some of the more positive developments in his blog on November 24. The good news of less waste generated is tempered by the lack of clarity on plastic waste statistics and officials’ mistaken faith in incineration as a solution.
Our Fragile Oceans Should Not Be A Dumping Ground For Fukushima’s Radioactive Waste Water
(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.