Organized by HKIE-Environmental Division
Date, Assembly Time & Place
24 June 2019 (Monday), 6:30-8:00 pm, HKIE- Chan Yat Mei Sophie Room
Programme Highlight
As the implementation of
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) charging scheme in Hong Kong approaches, there is a
renewed effort to minimize the generation of MSW to reduce our landfill
burden. Ongoing efforts to reduce usage
such as banning single use products in various venues are necessary but not
sufficient. Many of these entrenched
products simply cannot be totally eliminated.
Recycling can return some of these wastes back to raw materials, but the
overall recycling level in Hong Kong is low due to poor profitability for the
industry as a whole. The ideal scenario
of 100% circular economy is impossible to achieve; there will always be wastes
going to landfills.
In this Seminar, we will
describe our two pronged technical approach to tackle this issue. Firstly, we will present recycling
technologies to turn different MSWs into high value products to provide
financial incentives for recycling, with our industrial partners sharing their
experience in recycling technology development with NAMI. Then, we will
describe novel approaches to develop cost effective new generation
biodegradable materials and also to introduce biodegradability to conventional
plastics to ease the landfill burden.
High value recycled products and biodegradable product prototypes will
also be exhibited in the Seminar.
Speaker
Dr. Peter Lee, Technical director, NAMI
Dr. Tin Lau, Technical manager, NAMI
Language
Powerpoint in English/Chinese and presentation in Cantonese
Registration
& Enquiries
The seminar is free of charge with maximum of participants of 80. Please
register at EVD website (http://ev.hkie.org.hk/
). For enquiries, please contact Mr. Benjamin Lam at bencamay1119@gmail.com .
Attendance certificate will be awarded after seminar.