In 2013, the Hong Kong government set a target that, by 2022, each person would throw away no more than 0.8 kg of waste per day. But this plan hasn’t quite worked out. The situation is worse now than it’s ever been – in 2018, Hong Kong sent an average of 1.53kg per person to landfill each day, representing […]
Author Archives: Marcy Trent Long & Ariane Desrosiers
Marcy Trent Long is a Hong Kong-based environmental journalist. She hosts the weekly RTHK3 feature “Trash Talk” and the Sustainable Asia Podcast. Ariane Desrosiers is a passionate environmentalist interested in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and waste management. She is currently writing for Sustainable Asia.