Press Release
LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs visits waste treatment and resource recovery facilities (with photos)
The Legislative Council ("LegCo") Panel on Environmental Affairs visited various waste treatment and resource recovery facilities on Lantau Island and in Tuen Mun today (17 August) to better understand the work of the Environmental Protection Department ("EPD") on promoting waste-to-energy and waste-to-resources 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 O•PARK1, the oraganic resources recovery centre 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, Hon Vincent CHENG Wing-shun; Panel members Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming, Hon KWOK Wai-keung, Hon Elizabeth QUAT and Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok.
Ends/Tuesday, 17 August 2021
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The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs visits GREEN@TUEN MUN, one of the Environmental Protection Department's Recycling Stations. Photo shows (from left) the Under Secretary for the Environment, Mr TSE Chin-wan; Hon KWOK Wai-keung; Hon Frankie YICK Chi-ming; the Secretary for the Environment, Mr WONG Kam-sing; the Panel Chairman, Hon Vincent CHENG Wing-shun; Ir Dr Hon LO Wai-kwok and Hon Elizabeth QUAT.
Members of the Legislative Council visit GREEN@TUEN MUN Recycling Station and observe a demonstration of reverse vending machine.
Members of the Legislative Council visit O•PARK1 at Siu Ho Wan on Lantau Island to learn about the process of converting food waste into biogas for power generation.
Members of the Legislative Council visit the education and leisure facilities in T•PARK in Tsang Tsui in Tuen Mun, including a spa pool which is supported by the heat energy recovered from sludge incineration process.