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Environmental Protection Department says it will start to arrange for retailers to return all unsold stock because of suspension of waste-charging scheme.
Readers discuss why Hong Kong’s ban on single-use plastics should be embraced, and the need for the city’s residents to do to their bit to prevent wastage of food.
Readers discuss environmental priorities the budget should address, the catering industry’s apprehensions about the ban on single-use plastics, and the delay of the waste-charging scheme.
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s efforts to design an effective plastic bottle return scheme, a proposal to deal with illegal structures in the urban areas, and maintaining Hong Kong’s good image.
Environment and Ecology Bureau had planned to start ban late this year or at beginning of next one at earliest, but it’s now pushed back to second quarter of 2024.