环境局局长谢展寰表示，由于公众强烈反对，香港在废弃物收费计划被搁置后，将通过诸如全天候自动化收集点等措施加强社区回收网络。
Hong Kong will strengthen its community recycling network with measures such as round-the-clock automated collection points after scrapping the waste-charging scheme due to strong public backlash, the environmental chief has said.
谢展寰周六还承诺，将在2033年政府与两家电力公司的管制协议到期时，审议其允许的利润水平。他补充称，政府将提升从中国内地的清洁能源进口。
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan on Saturday also pledged to review the permitted profit levels of the city’s two power companies when their control agreements with the government expire in 2033. He added the government would boost clean energy imports from mainland China.
谢展寰表示，他有信心实现香港首个五年计划中所列出的四项具有约束力的环境保护目标。该计划上个月刚刚发布。
根据该计划，政府制定了降低碳强度、提高零碳能源在发电中的占比、改善空气和地表水质量的目标。
Tse expressed confidence in achieving the four binding goals on environmental protection as outlined in Hong Kong’s first five-year plan unveiled last month. Under the plan, the government set out goals to reduce carbon intensity, increase the share of zero-carbon energy used to generate power, and improve air and surface water quality.
尽管政府曾表示废弃物收费是香港实现碳中和的关键方法之一——因为垃圾是该市第三大排放源——但政府仍决定在2024年搁置此前两次延期的废弃物收费计划。谢展寰表示，政府将相反地加大力度推进香港的回收工作。
The government decided to shelve the twice-delayed waste-charging scheme in 2024 even though it had previously said the direction was among the key methods for Hong Kong to attain carbon neutrality as garbage was the city’s third most significant source of emissions. Tse said the government would instead double down on the city’s recycling efforts.
他说道：“我们已经谈论通过垃圾收集或减量来实现减废数十年了。”
“We’ve been talking about waste reduction through refuse collection or reduction for decades,” he told a radio programme.
“我们曾考虑征收市政废物费，但由于公众反对和强烈反弹，我们将相反地加强Green@Community计划。”Green@Community是一个覆盖全港18区的地区性社区网络，旨在推广回收收集。
“We once considered imposing municipal waste charging but due to public opposition and backlash, we will strengthen the Green@Community initiative instead.”Green@Community is a territory-wide community network covering all 18 districts to promote recycling collection.
结合智能回收箱，社区回收网络目前拥有超过800个公共收集点。
Together with smart recycling bins, the community recycling network has more than 800 public collection points.
谢展寰表示，随着Green@Community覆盖范围的扩大，香港过去三到四年的废弃物量已减少约1000吨。
Tse said with the expansion of Green@Community coverage, Hong Kong’s waste volume had decreased by about 1,000 tonnes over the past three to four years.
我们计划在Green@Community设施中引入自动化，使回收站能够24小时运营，这将为公众提供更多便利。公众参与度也将提高，”他说。
“We plan to introduce automation to the Green@Community facilities, allowing recycling stations to operate 24 hours a day, which will provide more convenience for the public. There will be greater public participation,” he said.
他补充说，Green@Community移动应用目前拥有120万用户。
He added that the Green@Community mobile application currently had 1.2 millioned users.
“通过将废弃物转化为能源，我们有信心实现零填埋目标，”他说。
“By turning waste into energy, we’re confident of achieving the zero landfill target,” he said.
谢还承诺，在2033年政府控制协议到期时，将审议该市两家电力公司的允许利润水平，并增加从内地进口清洁能源。
Tse also pledged to review the permitted profit levels of the city’s two power companies when the control agreements with the government expire in 2033, and to increase the import of clean energy from the mainland.
“我们还旨在提高从内地进口到香港的零碳电力比例至60%至70%，这被认为有助于当时降低本地电费。我们目前正与一些内地单位进行讨论，”他说。
“We also aim to increase the proportion of zero-carbon electricity imported into Hong Kong from the mainland to 60 to 70 per cent, which is believed to help lower local electricity tariffs at that time. We’re now in discussion with some mainland units,” he said.
他说，当局已提出增加大亚湾电缆输送容量的要求，并将申请立法会拨款，在将军澳第132区填海土地上建设大型电力接收站，同时修建从内地输送大量零碳能源到香港的新输电线缆。
He said authorities had requested increasing the transmission capacity of the Daya Bay cable, and would also apply for funding from the Legislative Council to construct a large-scale power reception station on the reclaimed land in Tseung Kwan O Area 132, as well as build new transmission cables from the mainland to import large amounts of zero-carbon energy into Hong Kong.
“我们将成立工作组。政府将进行审慎且全面的审查，包括各角色、项目细节及财务安排等，”他说。由Cannix Yau
“We’ll set up a working group. The government will conduct a cautious and comprehensive review including each of the roles, the project details and financial arrangements, etc,” he said.