Go to main content
 
LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs visits waste treatment and resource recovery facilities (with photos)
******************************************************************************************
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 OD¡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 TD¡PARK, a sludge treatment facility, and YD¡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.
 
Ends/Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Issued at HKT 20:28
NNNN
Today's Press Releases  

Photo

The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs visits GREEN@TUEN MUN, one of the Environmental Protection Department's Recycling Stations today (August 17). Photo shows (from left) the Under Secretary for the Environment, Mr Tse Chin-wan; Legislative Council Members Mr Kwok Wai-keung; Mr Frankie Yick; the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing; Legislative Council Members, Mr Vincent Cheng; Mr Lo Wai-kwok and Ms Elizabeth Quat.
The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs today (August 17) visits GREEN@TUEN MUN Recycling Station and observes a demonstration of reverse vending machine by staff.
The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs visits the organic resources recovery centre OD¡�PARK1 at Siu Ho Wan on Lantau Island today (August 17) to learn about the process of converting food waste into biogas for power generation.
The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs today (August 17) visits the education and leisure facilities in TD¡�PARK in Tsang Tsui in Tuen Mun, including a spa pool which is supported by the heat energy recovered from sludge incineration process.