HONG KONG, CHINA: Hong Kong Blueprint for Sustainable Use of Resources

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2013
Effective End Year: 
2022
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Bioenergy
Issued by: 
Environment Bureau 
Source: 
Environment Bureau 
File: 
Hong Kong Blueprint for Sustainable Use of Resources
Overall Summary: 
The Hong Kong Blueprint for Sustainable Use of Resources 2013-2022 is a ten-year action blueprint for sustainable use of resources in Hong Kong in 2013-2022.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Hong Kong will also adopt a variety of new waste-related technologies that generate energy. The STF, OWTFs and IWMF are all designed to produce considerable quantities of renewable energy that can be used directly to operate the facilities and the surplus energy can even be used elsewhere. Our landfill gas can also be captured for use as a source of gas for trucks or household and business use. These opportunities will not only enable a portion of Hong Kong’s greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced, they will also add to Hong Kong’s overall competence in technology and waste management.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Hong Kong will also adopt a variety of new waste-related technologies that generate energy. The STF, OWTFs and IWMF are all designed to produce considerable quantities of renewable energy that can be used directly to operate the facilities and the surplus energy can even be used elsewhere. Our landfill gas can also be captured for use as a source of gas for trucks or household and business use. These opportunities will not only enable a portion of Hong Kong’s greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced, they will also add to Hong Kong’s overall competence in technology and waste management.
Pollution control action plans: 
FIGURE 12. Estimates of Waste Reduction and Energy Gains in 2022: Turn 1,500 tonnes of sludge into energy; Turn at least 500 tonnes of food and organic waste into biogas and compost; [...] Turn 3,000 tonnes of MSW into energy.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
We are filling some of the gaps – a sludge treatment facility (STF) will be completed soon to deal with sewage sludge and turn waste to energy, and we plan to build Hong Kong’s first Organic Waste Treatment Facility (OWTF) to deal with food waste.