Summary
The Food and Yard Waste Plan for Hong Kong (2014-2022) is a comprehensive organic waste management plan including a strategy, targets, policies and action plans for the management of food and green waste. The target is to reduce Hong Kong's food waste disposal to landfills by at least 40% by 2022. To achieve this target, the Hong Kong Government has mapped out four strategies as the backbone of the plan to overcome the challenge of food waste, namely: reduction at source, reuse and donation, recyclable collection, and turning food waste into energy.
Results
It is estimated that about 0.46 million tonnes CO2e GHG emissions can be avoided annually when the plan is fully implemented in 2022. Additionally, the target is to reduce Hong Kong's food waste disposal to landfills (about 3,600 tonnes per day in 2011) by at least 40% by 2022. It is estimated that about 20% of food waste would be avoided through the Hong Kong Food Wise Campaign, and the implementation of a waste-charging programme.
Reasons for success
The success of Hong Kong’s Food and Yard Waste Plan is based on the comprehensive plan to tackle the largest component of municipal solid waste, in conjunction with an understanding of the local environment and the diverse role that citizens, businesses and the Government can play, as well as combination various incentives, from awareness-raising to financial stimulus.
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- Benefits
- Economic
- Environmental
- Social
- Key Impact
- It is estimated that about 20% of food waste would be avoided through the Hong Kong Food Wise Campaign, and the implementation of waste charging
- Emissions Reduction
- It is estimated that about 0.46 million tonnes CO2e GHG emissions can be avoided annually when the plan is fully implemented in 2022
- Since
- 2014