LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs visits waste treatment and resource recovery facilities (with photos)
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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Environmental Affairs visited various waste treatment and resource recovery facilities on Lantau Island and in Tuen Mun today (August 17) to better understand the work of the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on promoting waste-to-energy and waste-to-resource transformation as well as community participation in resource recovery.
With the company of the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, and the Under Secretary for the Environment, Mr Tse Chin-wan, Members first visited the organic resources recovery centre O．PARK1 at Siu Ho Wan on Lantau Island. Members learnt how biotechnology is applied to convert food waste into biogas for power generation.
Members then visited GREEN@TUEN MUN, one of the EPD’s Recycling Stations, in Tuen Mun. They were briefed by representatives of the EPD on the daily operation of and education services available at the station. Members also took the chance to gain first-hand experience of the Smart Recycling System and reverse vending machine.
In addition, Members visited T．PARK, a sludge treatment facility, and Y．PARK, a yard waste recycling centre, located in Tsang Tsui in Tuen Mun. They learnt about the technologies involved in the operation of these facilities.
Members participating in the visit were the Panel Chairman, Mr Vincent Cheng; Panel members Mr Frankie Yick, Mr Kwok Wai-keung, Ms Elizabeth Quat and Mr Lo Wai-kwok.