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免「廢」暢飲。‘Drink Without Waste’. The Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group has been formed to develop solutions for reducing waste from beverage consumption. The initiative is branded ‘Drink Without Waste’. The Working Group, comprising NGOs and key players from the beverage, retail and waste industries, has commissioned an independent research study as a first step to consult stakeholders and the community on better managing single-use beverage packaging. Urgent action is needed to reduce the 136 tonnes of plastic PET bottles, 91 tonnes of multi-layer cardboard drink packaging, 41 tonnes of aluminium cans and the 275 tonnes of glass bottles which are disposed every day in Hong Kong according to Government’s 2015 statistics. With the tightening of the waste import policy by Mainland China, it is becoming ever more apparent that local processing capacities are needed to meet the import requirements of nations that can use our resources. While aluminium has a high recycling rate, and the Government has mandated a PRS charge for glass bottles, much of the other packaging, including plastic bottles and multi-layer cardboard drink packaging, is increasingly being disposed in landfills and harming the environment. Participants in the Working Group have deep knowledge of waste management, and beverage production, retail and consumption matters. With this initiative, they hope to support Hong Kong in its efforts to design and implement policies for dealing with waste, and recyclables. The research and consultations are scheduled to take 6 months, and a report is expected to be released in mid-2018. The objective is to determine how best Hong Kong can manage single-use beverage packaging, and how the industry, retailers, consumers and community can benefit from taking a new approach with reduced waste as the ultimate goal. The working group’s consultant will consider measures covering the importation, manufacturing, packaging, distribution and sales of packaged beverages; the disposal, collection, separation and recovery of beverage packaging; the processing (recyclability) and re-use of the used beverage packaging, and they will also consider the applicability of the measures to other recyclables generated in Hong Kong. With this initiative, the Working Group expects to create a new set of solutions for Hong Kong which spur innovation and job creation, and reduce Hong Kong’s waste footprint. The Working Group has selected Deloitte Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited as an independent consultancy to take responsibility for the research component of the initiative, and is currently finalising the contract. They will collaborate with local consultancy Waters Economics, and with Deloitte France who have carried out similar projects in other cities and countries. The research will be carried out in three stages, including background research, consultation of key stakeholders and the HKSAR government, and finally consultation of the general public. “We are excited that the Working Group is dovetailing with the government’s study of the feasibility of a Producer Responsibility Scheme for plastic bottles, and its plans to subsidise and invest in recycling and collection facilities and services,” explained the Chairman of the Working Group, Paul Zimmerman. Edwin Lau who leads The Green Earth explained: “Green NGOs are desperate to find solutions tackling the disposal of single-use beverage containers. We want to see these turn into raw materials for the manufacturing industry and reduce the containers which become waste instead. When I tell people that Hong Kong throws away over 5 million PET bottles a day in landfills, the common response is ‘Why so much?’ or ‘Why is Hong Kong so wasteful?.’ I hope the research will guide us to a scenario of "Drink without Waste", or in Chinese: 免「廢」暢飲 "We're proud to be working with the Working Group to pursue meaningful reform around the design, packaging, collection, recovery and ultimately recycling of single-use beverage packaging,” said Allen Li, President, The Hong Kong Beverage Association Limited, “Something is remiss with almost all single-use beverage containers going into HK's landfills today.”
Research Objectives 1. The Consultant will identify pragmatic options for managing single-use beverage packaging within the context of: a. The Hong Kong beverages market; b. Current and future policies, strategies and facilities for local, regional and national waste (secondary resource) management; and c. International best practices.
Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group Participants Observers Legal Advisor Secretariat Chairman
‘Drink Without Waste’. Different organisations joined to kick-off the initiative by the Single-Use Beverage Packaging Working Group.
半年獨立研究 明年中提報告 小組主席——創建香港的司馬文於「免『廢』暢飲」發布會上表示：「我們很興奮工作小組的獨立研究，能配合政府就膠樽進行的『生產者責任自付可行性研究』，及當局考慮資助並投資回收產業的設施及服務的這項建議。」 業界與環團破天荒合作 研究減廢方案 工作小組期望這項研究能為本港大量棄置一次性飲品包裝的環境問題，帶來新解決方法，藉此減少浪費，同時促進創新並製造就業機會。 香港飲品商會有限公司主席李家強表示：「香港一直忽略了一次性飲品包裝問題，並將之棄置到堆填區。我們很榮幸能夠與工作小組一同尋求這十分有意義的改革方法，由設計、包裝、收集廢物、回復至最終為了回收一次性飲品包裝。」 綠惜地球總幹事劉祉鋒，MH表示：「環保團體一直急於尋找方法解決一次性飲品包裝的問題。我們希望這些使用後的包裝最後能夠成為生產商的原材料，減少浪費。每當我提到『香港每天有超過五百萬個可回收膠瓶棄置於堆填區』時，聽者一般都會立刻反問：『為何這麼多？』、『為甚麼香港人那麼浪費？』我衷心希望這項研究能夠帶領我們做到免『廢』暢飲 本港每天棄置大量一次性飲品包裝到堆填區，根據《香港固體廢物監察報告-2015年》，港人每日棄置包括136噸PET可回收膠瓶、91噸紙盒飲品包裝、41噸鋁罐、275噸玻璃瓶。由此可見，本港務必盡快行動以減少浪費，加上中國內地近日收緊廢物入口政策，因此本港的廢物處理數量及質量亦必須盡快提高，以符合國家的廢物入口新規定。 雖然本港的鋁罐回收率高，政府亦就玻璃瓶推行生產者責任計劃，但是香港每天仍然有大量PET可回收膠瓶及紙盒飲品包裝遭棄置於堆填區，嚴重破壞生態環境。 研究目的 顧問將會就如何減少一次性飲料包裝進行研究及分析，並在研究中諮詢各持份者意見。 1. 顧問將在以下三個範疇內找出能控制一次性飲品包裝的務實方法：
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