Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area Share Knowledge on Waste & Recycling : Hong Kong Environment Secretary Leads Exchange Session Circular Economy
Hong Kong’s Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, has led a delegation comprising representatives from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the environmental sector as well as relevant professionals and academics in attending an exchange session on the green circular economy in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Preceding the meeting, Wong and the delegation visited an environmental industry facility that manages solid waste. Upon their arrival, he and the delegation attended the exchange session.
Representatives from relevant authorities and organisations of Guangdong Province, including the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong Province (GDDEE), the Office of the Leading Group on Construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of Guangdong Province, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong Association of Environmental Protection Industry also participated in the exchange session.
After Mr Wong and the Director-General of the GDDEE, Mr Lu Xiulu, had delivered their speeches, representatives from the two areasq shared details of their experience in the management of solid waste and the green circular economy.
According to Wong, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region attaches great importance to the development of environmental protection and the recycling industry. He added that the visit was also aimed at promoting technology exchange in relation to the management of solid waste in cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as well as enabling Hong Kong to establish better contact with Mainland cities to facilitate closer liaison between the two places in future.
In the afternoon, Wong and the delegation paid a visit to an environmental industry facility that manages solid waste. The facility has a comprehensive industrial network to manage solid waste. While focusing on turning municipal waste into energy, it also has treatment components on food waste, sludge and more. Overall, it converts various types of municipal waste into resources, demonstrating the concept of a circular economy.
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