Annex II to LCQ6
Table 1:
Overseas Practices in Domestic Waste Recovery
Country
Recovery
Rate
Recovery modes for Domestic Waste
Taiwan
(Taipei)
27% (2005) Recyclable materials are collected 5 days a week free of
charge whereas non-recyclable waste or trash has to be put in
special pre-paid trash bags to be collected by Taipei City.
The “Per Bag Trash Collection Fee Policy” has been
implemented in Taipei since 1 July 2000 under the
“Municipal Waste Cleaning Fee Collection Ordinance”
enacted on 28 April 2000. The price of the special trash bags
includes the trash collection and treatment fees.
Singapore
48%1(2004) Collection bins are provided at public places, food centres
and places with high human traffic for collection of waste
paper, aluminium cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles.
A National Recycling Programme (NRP) for the domestic
sector was launched in April 2001. NRP is implemented in
both Housing and Development Board’s estates (i.e. public
housing) and landed properties (i.e. private housing). In the
NRP, the public waste collectors are required under licence,
to provide door-to-door collection of recyclable materials
from households every fortnight. Under the programme,
residents are given recycling bags or bins to deposit their
recyclables. These bags are collected once every fortnight.
On the collection days, residents could place their recycling
bags at their doorsteps for collection.
Japan
15% (2001) “Home Garbage Collection Fee” has been charged for local
home garbage in Fukuoka city since October 1 2005.
Citizens have to buy designated garbage bags from local
supermarkets, convenience stores and variety stores
throughout the city for home garbage disposal. The price of
the designated garbage bags varies from size to size: the
larger the volume, the higher the price.
Korea
38.2%
(Seoul,1998)
A Volume-based Waste Fee System imposes different
treatment costs as determined by the amount of waste
generated by each household. This sy