The main way of waste disposal in Hong Kong is landfill. In 2011,our landfill sites were receiving 13,458 tpd of waste every day(From the statistics done by HK government - https://www.wastereduction.gov.hk/en/materials/info/msw2011.pdf). And according to the government's estimation, they are going to be filled up in the coming several years. The government is prone to setting up new landfill sites in some areas. However, with the Not In My Backyard effect, all proposals were rejected. There is an article describing the situation
we are facing (http://paper.wenweipo.com/2013/09/03/ED1309030021.htm, sorry it is in Chinese because there is no English version, please use translators to read it)
While the government is trying the best to modify the proposals in order to seek the support from the public, we still have to seek other methods to solve the problem to sustain our development in the future.
