Private sector has failed Hong Kong on plastic bottle recycling, green group study finds
(WorldNews Environment)

The private sector plays only a negligible role in the recycling of plastic bottles in Hong Kong while government-backed bodies account for up to 96 per cent, a study by a local green group has found. The Green Earth looked at where the city’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles came from in 2015, and found that only 7.6 per cent of them were recycled, based on government figures. PET bottles are used to hold liquids such as water and soft drinks. The year 2015 was the latest for......