Recycling to nowhere Share CLOSE A paper collector is seen on a street in Yau Ma Tei on Jan 15, 2021. [Photo by Calvin Ng / China Daily]
Hong Kong s paper recycling business is in dire straits as many economies stop importing solid waste. But the SAR government has moved to revive an industry that once flourished. Gu Mengyan reports from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong s once-thriving paper recycling business may soon end up where it all started as garbage heaps - not on the streets but in landfills - if help isn t forthcoming.
When the Chinese mainland started to tighten curbs on solid waste imports in 2017, Hong Kong s recycling business was thrown into a quandary as Hong Kong exporters cut waste paper prices down by more than a half, and some even stopped collections.