Paper recycling plant to be built

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) awarded a contractor on 7 December 2018 to develop a local waste paper recycling and manufacturing plant in the EcoPark. It will commence design and construction in 2019 and is expected to be put into operation in 2023. It will be the first one established in Hong Kong since the closure of the local paper mills a decade ago and is expected to be capable of processing 300,000 tonnes of local waste paper a year.

The plant will turn locally collected waste paper into high-strength corrugated paper, semi-dry pulp and other materials that will be sold locally and outside the city.

The EPD will continue its efforts in the promotion and education of clean recycling, and launch suitable programmes to facilitate the local industry to raise the quality of recovered waste paper, enhance its competitiveness and open up more diverse outlets.