Govt seeks views on glass beverage bottles fees
(02-07 16:33)
The Environment Bureau released a consultation document today on the implementation of a mandatory producer responsibility scheme for glass beverage bottles. The three-month public consultation will end on May 6.
Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing said that glass beverage bottles are resources which should be properly re-utilised. The outlets for recycled glass bottles have been limited in the past. Thanks to the fruitful results of research, glass beverage bottles, after suitable processing, can now be turned into different kinds of construction materials. This provides a circular economy under which there is no further need to dump waste glass beverage bottles at landfills.
The goverment seeks to set the levy at 70 HK cents for each 750-milli-litre wine bottle, and HK$1 per 1-litre glass bottle.
Wong said about two-thirds of glass dumps are from bottles.
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