More people and businesses will have to dispose of their waste in prepaid plastic bags under an expanded “polluter pays” scheme for Hong Kong that will be put before lawmakers for approval within the next two months.
Under the new arrangement, 80 per cent of the rubbish generated by housing estates, residential buildings and shops using government refuse collection services will go into one of nine types of bags, varying in size and priced at an average of 11 cents per litre.
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