The Hong Kong government encourages the public to continue a
recycling program of used rechargeable batteries, as the program
entering the third year.
Speaking at the program's second anniversary ceremony on Friday,
Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department Michael
Chiu Tak-lun said that with the achievement of meeting the 10
percent recovery target of used rechargeable batteries, he is
optimistic to meet a recycling target of 15 percent - 20 percent in
2009.
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Program is a voluntary
responsibility scheme, under which producers, importers, retailers
and consumers share the responsibility in recovering rechargeable
batteries for recycling.
Since the start of the program in 2005, about 40 tons of
rechargeable batteries, equivalent to 600,000 pieces, have been
collected. A total of 26 tons of rechargeable batteries have
already been recovered and shipped to a designated treatment
facility in South Korea for recycling, according to the
environmental department.
(Xinhua News Agency May 26, 2007)