Hong Kong to expand community recycling after shelving waste-charging scheme

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Hong Kong will expand community recycling through measures including 24-hour automated collection points after shelving its waste-charging scheme amid strong public opposition. Environment Secretary Tse Chin-wan also said the government would review electricity companies’ permitted profit levels when their agreements expire in 2033 and increase clean-energy efforts.

Hong Kong will strengthen its community recycling network with measures such as round-the-clock automated collection points after scrapping the waste-charging scheme due to strong public backlash, the environmental chief has said. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan on Saturday also pledged to review the permitted profit levels of the city’s two power companies when their control agreements with the government expire in 2033. He added the government would boost clean energy...