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Pros And Cons Of Incineration

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Opinions supporting the adoption of incineration:
1. High efficiency in reducing waste volume
Incineration can reduce the volume of waste by 90% and bring benefits to all Hong Kong citizens. Adopting incineration can avoid the need to landfill more than 2,500 tons of waste each day. During the burning process, the volume of waste can be reduced to 10% of the original ones, this helps ease the problem of landfill saturation effectively in Hong Kong.

2. Generation of thermal power can help reduce the reliance on fossil fuels in Hong Kong
During the burning process, a large amount of heat is released and can generate electricity by thermal power. This can reduce the demand on using fossil fuels, such as coal, while the energy generated can supply to more than 100,000 households in Hong Kong.

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Lower transportation cost
Since incinerator needs a smaller area than landfills, it can be built in the urban area or suburban area. The transportation route is shorter, the transportation cost is therefore lower.

Opinions opposing the adoption of incineration:
1. Destruction of natural habitat
The government should ease the landfill saturation from the core by waste reduction at the source, and incineration will destroy natural habitats.

Though the facilities may be large-scale, they still cannot meet the demands of local waste. More incinerators may require to be built in the future. Also, area around the selected site in Shek Kwu Chau is the habitat for the globally endangered Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaendoides) and protected White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster), as well as different kinds of corals.

Also, the area of affected natural waters will be 43 hectares, causing a loss of marine habitat and fishery ground, while the laying of underwater cables will destroy seabed habitats.

2. Causing air pollution and damages on the natural habitats and the tourism activities on Lantau

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