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MA P2 M
INIMUM
W
ASTE
R
ECYCLING
F
ACILITIES
E
XCLUSION
None.
O
BJECTIVE
Reduce pressure on landfill sites and help to preserve non-renewable
resources by promoting the recycling of waste materials.
R
EQUIREMENT
Provide storage facilities at prominent location for the collection of
paper, plastic and metal waste.
A
SSESSMENT
Criteria
The Applicant shall provide at least one (1) storage facility with the
capacity for paper, plastic and metal materials. The facility shall be
placed in prominent location (i.e. cannot be located in a car park or
other non-occupied areas), but not necessary within the project
space. The storage facility size, and collection frequency are not
regulated.
A waste collection firm employed by either Applicant or property
management company shall collect all materials. Where the host
building provides such a facility at prominent location, the Applicant is
not required to duplicate it, if the
host buildingmanagement provides
the required information for Assessment.
Documentation
The pre-requisite shall be fulfilled when the Applicant provides the
following documentation to demonstrate the compliance:
i.
responsible person
ii.
drawings, floor plan, sections, elevations
iii.
drawings, location plan in host building
iv.
record photographs for facility and procedures;
v.
recycling company information including:
a.)
company name, address, and contact information;
b.)
target material list;
c.)
collection frequency;
d.)
Collection Agreement signed by the Recycling firm
and Applicant. Where the Applicant adopts the host
building facility, the host building Collection
Agreement (or an equivalent letter by the Property
Managers organisation);
B
ACKGROUND
Encouraging wider recycling will reduce waste dumped into landfill
sites, therefore well managed facilities, and host buildings must
provide good solid waste collection, handling and storage facilities.
Locating the facility in prominent location, with good directional
signage, invites and encourages occupants to separate waste,
support recycling and contribute to Hong Kong’s environmental
movement.