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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (February 8) collected an estimated total of 447 tonnes of refuse in 15 Lunar New Year (LNY) Fair sites throughout Hong Kong, an increase of roughly 85 tonnes more than last year.
"Among the refuse cleared, some 132 tonnes were collected in the Victoria Park LNY Fair, around 3 tonnes more than last year," an FEHD spokesman said.
The spokesman noted that this year, apart from collecting recyclables including waste paper, plastic materials and metal in each LNY Fair site, the FEHD had continued to try out collection of waste wood at the Victoria Park, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan venues, with about 16 tonnes of bamboo and wooden planks, etc. sent to the EcoPark of the Environmental Protection Department in Tuen Mun for recycling.
The department deployed 266 staff members, 42 refuse collection vehicles and street washing vehicles to clean up the Victoria Park venue. The other 14 LNY Fair sites were cleaned by the department's cleansing contractors.
The department also gathered some 1,560 unsold pots of flowers and plants donated by the vendors in the fairs. They were delivered to 198 elderly homes and 8 public hospitals today by 22 volunteer teams made up of FEHD staff, the spokesman added.
All refuse collection work was completed at about 5pm. After thorough cleansing, the venues were restored to their original state.
Ends/Monday, February 8, 2016
Issued at HKT 22:24
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