Municipal Solid Waste Charging

To achieve "zero landfill" in a timely manner and continuously promote waste reduction at source, we will take forward waste reduction and recycling work along four directions – strengthening public education, enhancing recycling network, strengthening collaboration with industries, and utilising market forces to develop environmental infrastructure, in conjunction with the development of the waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities I·PARK1 and the planned I·PARK2 to also reduce carbon emissions.  Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) charging serves as a reserve tool.  Should waste reduction and recycling yield results with sufficient public participation in the future, its implementation may not be required.  The Government will continuously monitor the effectiveness of various waste reduction and recycling measures as well as the level of public support and participation in waste reduction and recycling, to assist in evaluating whether there is a need and conditions to conduct a trial on MSW charging in future.