Hong Kong disposes of more than 2,300 tonnes of plastic waste a day, with a recycling rate of just 11%, according to government figures
Customers queue outside a Hang Seng Bank branch ahead of its opening hours in Hong Kong on March 15 2022. Picture: BLOOMBERG/PAUL YEUNGHong Kong arrivals meet plastic everywhere in quarantine hotels: remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased in plastic bags, food comes with plastic cutlery.
“The phones, you know, the remote controllers, everything's been cellophane-wrapped,” she said, speaking to Reuters from her quarantine hotel. Edwin Lau, with local environmental group The Green Earth, said Hong Kong’s approach to Covid-19 reflected its lack of environmental awareness.
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