Hong Kong authorities ‘pragmatic’ about waste levy launch ahead of trial run
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Hong Kong authorities are taking a “pragmatic” attitude to the citywide launch date for a controversial waste-charging policy. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said the government must be prudent about its launch of the pay-as-you-throw scheme, which has met with a highly polarised public response. The scheme has been delayed twice already and now aims to be rolled out citywide on August 1 following the trial run, which starts on Monday. Authorities are facing mounting calls from the public to delay the plan or even scrap it for good over concerns such as residents’ unpreparedness, its complexity and the city’s inexperience with waste charging, garbage collection and recycling.
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