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The public consultation for the Producer Responsibility Scheme on plastic beverage containers ended on 21 May.  It was reported that the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) received over 2000 responses.  Compared to other public consultations on environmental issues, which usually collect a few hundred responses, this one did exceptionally well. Several green groups had been encouraging […]

The beverage industry lobbyist, Drink Without Waste, is shamelessly advocating a HKD 5 cent rebate for returned bottles in the ongoing government Public Consultation on a Producer Responsibility Scheme for plastic beverage containers. When confronted with the fact that Octopus cards can only handle minimum transactions of HKD 10 cents, they revealed the true face […]

I read the opinion piece “Why a 5 cent bottle recycling rebate makes more sense for Hong Kong” (published on 6 March 2021) on SCMP with great amusement. With the government finally launching the public consultation on a Producer Responsibility Scheme for plastic beverage containers, the beverage industry lobbying group Drink Without Waste kick started […]