Hong Kong’s bin bag plan: a matter of trust?
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP - 2024-05-12T03:00:00.000Z

Nobody is offering any official results, but it seems the first test of the proposed solid waste charging regime was not a success. The scheme, under which we will all have to buy bags from the government in which to dispose of household waste, has never attracted a warm welcome. Following a trial run it […]

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