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Air
- When using spray paint or volatile solvent indoor, remember to maintain good ventilation, but keep the main door closed to avoid malodour from affecting your neighbours.
- When demolishing walls or drilling holes with electric drill, use vacuum cleaner to remove dust and fine particles.
- When operating circular saw and electric drill, use vacuum cleaner to remove sawdust and fine particles.
- Properly cover debris during temporary storage.
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Noise
- Unless permission has been obtained from the Environmental Protection Department, renovation contractors should not use powered mechanical equipment or perform works such as hammering and debris transportation between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. or at any time on a general holiday.
- Devise suitable house rules such as requiring owners to apply for renovation permits before commencing any renovation works, restricting the use of particularly noisy equipment, requiring the use of quieter method and controlling the working hours.
- Make residents aware of the house rules for controlling noise from renovation work.
- Avoid noisy renovation work before 9 a.m..
- Inform neighbours regarding the working schedule of renovation work.
- Avoid operating a number of powered mechanical equipment at one time.
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Wastewater
- Do not discharge polluted water to storm drain.
- Do not dump chemicals (e.g. paint and thinner) into drain.
- If drainage work is required, make sure the renovation contractor does not misconnect the foul water drain to storm water drain.
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Waste
- Properly keep surplus chemicals (e.g. paint and thinner) for reuse.
- Separate recyclable materials (e.g. carton boxes) from other types of waste for recycling.
- Dispose of debris, aggregates and renovation waste at rubble collection point in the housing estate.
- If there is no rubble collection point in the housing estate, the renovation contractor should dispose of debris and aggregates at public dumping areas and wastes at landfills.
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