Hong Kong is likely to charge glass bottle manufacturers and importers HK$1 (US$0.13) for every one-litre bottle in a long-awaited “producer pays” scheme aimed at cutting down the 90,000 tonnes of glass containers disposed of annually in the city.
The producer responsibility scheme, for which legislation was passed in 2016, could be implemented as soon as mid-2019, with the government aiming to submit subsidiary legislation for scrutiny by lawmakers by the fourth quarter of this...
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