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The government has rolled out a blueprint on waste management, with a target of reducing solid waste by 40 percent in ten years’ time. But the action plan includes the construction of a major incinerator on the outlying island of Shek Kwu Chau. An incinerator proposal has been challenged in the court and a ruling has yet to be made. Nonetheless the proposal is included in the government’s 10-year waste-reduction plan. The Secretary for the Environment, Wong Kam-sing, who unveiled the blueprint, said there’s no plan-B if the government eventually loses the case. Other measures announced by the government include a possible a waste-charging scheme. There are also plans to expand three existing landfills as well as increasing the scale of food waste recycling. |