Incinerator Case Study

Building incinerator In the booklet Explanatory Booklet for the Proposed Integrated Waste Management Facilities, the government announced the overall waste management strategy and a specific action plan to tackle the imminent waste problem in Hong Kong in a comprehensive and timely manner. It included modern facilities for waste treatment that is building incinerators. The government has chosen two potential sites. The contraction and operation of incinerator will be following the European Union standards. This specification, as the most stringent ones, has been developed to regulate emissions from the facilities to ensure that the incinerator will not pose health risk to nearby residents during operation. The incinerator will be designed

The unavoidably adverse effect of the construction of incinerator on the environmental aspect raise lots of concern. The environmental groups put their emphasis on the side effect to the marine ecosystem during the manufacturing of the incinerator. The habitat of Chinese white dolphin which is listed in the “Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance,” white-bellied sea eagle and Hong Kong blind sink which is an endemism in Hong Kong will be approximately affected or even destroyed. The hesitation of the creation of pest is also raised. (Building the Incinerator in Shek Kwu Chau – Environmental Group Reprimand “There is NO DOUBT It will Affect the Habitat”). In the booklet Explanatory Booklet for the Proposed Integrated Waste Management Facilities, the government also admits that the construction will “result a permanent loss of the habitat for Chinese white dolphin.” (Explanatory Booklet for the Proposed Integrated Waste Management Facilities,

She notes that the waste volume decreased significantly even while both population and gross domestic product increased after the scheme implemented. Her example of Taiwan can demonstrate “reduction at source” is the root solution to solve the waste problem. With the purpose of settling the waste problem, the Hong Kong government seems to be seeking solutions actively. The government, however, is neglecting the key element of the problem. It is noticed that either setting up the incinerator or expanding the landfill area are only methods tackling the problem at the surface, but not the root. Although the government claims that she has “learnt from the experiences of other metropolises in the region at a similar stage of economic development,” (Green Hong Kong February 2011. 1) which are Taiwan, Japan and Singapore, it is actually misleading the general public. The above-named countries are not using incinerators as their “only” treatment, nor even a “main option” of waste management, it is observed that there are lots of policy to coordinate with. They are using, instead, “Producer Responsibility Scheme.” By a close coordination of the