Waste charging schemeWaste reductionWillingness to payWaste charging policy is one of the tools used by many countries to solve waste management problems. Before a policy can be fully implemented, it is importan
Prepared the airport community for the launch of the Government’s MSW Charging Scheme at HKIA Assessed the feasibility and cost-benefit of additional waste management facilities to support enhanced recycling Introduced Food TranSmarter technology to enhance food waste collection ...
Edwin Lau, executive director at the Green Earth NGO, said the city needed much stronger measures, for instance expanding a plastic collection and recycling scheme to all districts and a landfill ban for plastic. "Hong Kong cannot afford to keep ignoring its own waste crisis,...
In 2014, a defense contractor responsible for providing food and water to troops in Afghanistan pleaded guilty to over-charging the U.S. government to the tune of $48 million. This week, two San Diego defense contractors pleaded guilty in a scheme that defrauded the Navy out of at least $...
Food waste minimization is an issue in any destinations. Most of the food waste from households, commerce and industries are disposed of in strategic landfills but the landfills are going to reach their capacity. A new policy, the municipal solid waste (MSW) charging scheme, will be implemented...
In order to reduce waste generation and encourage reuse and recycling, the Hong Kong Government has implemented the Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme (CWDCS) to levy charges on C&D waste disposal to landfills. In order to provide information on the changes in reducing ...
The effectiveness of Hong Kong's Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme. Journal of Waste Management and Research, 26(6), 553-558.Hao, J.L., Hills, M.J., and Tam, V.W.Y., The effectiveness of Hong Kong's construction waste disposal charging scheme. Waste Management and Research, ...
These two aspects significantly affect the effectiveness of the waste disposal charging scheme. Contractors may not transport their generated CW to appropriate disposal facilities. They make decisions based on the disposal and transportation cost. To address this problem, this paper proposes a general ...
S.Poon, A.Wong, R.Yip, and L.Jaillon, "Impact of construction waste disposal charging scheme on work practices at construction site in Hong Kong," Waste Management, vol.33 no.1,pp.138-146, 2013.A. T. W. Yu, C. S. Poon, A. Wong, R. Yip, and L. Jaillon, "Impact of ...
26 No. 6, pp. 553-8.The effectiveness of Hong Kong’s Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme. Jane L. Hao,Martin J. Hills,Vivian W. Y. Tam. Waste Management . 2008