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Hong Kong – Government enhances Plastic Shopping Bag Charging Scheme
Government enhances Plastic Shopping Bag Charging Scheme ******************************************************** The Government announced that the three pieces of subsidiary legislation for enhancing the Plastic Shopping Bag (PSB) Charging Scheme were passed by the Legislative Council today (October 19).
The three pieces of subsidiary legislation amend the Product Eco-responsibility Ordinance (Cap. 603) and the Product Eco-responsibility (Plastic Shopping Bags) Regulation (Cap. 603A). The enhancements include:
increasing the charging level per PSB from the current level of at least 50 cents to at least $1;
removing the present exemption for PSBs carrying frozen/chilled foodstuff items; and ... Read more