Highlights

This report presents the water quality status and bacteriological Water Quality Objective (WQO) compliance rate for all 42 gazetted beaches in Hong Kong.  As a result of the Government’s untiring efforts to implement various pollution control and environmental improvement measures, the overall water quality of the bathing beaches continues to improve.  All gazetted beaches have fully complied with the bacteriological WQO for 15 consecutive years since 2010.  The report can be viewed at the EPD website.

The Environmental Protection Department has launched the Packaging Reduction Charter, encouraging businesses to reassess and reduce packaging usage, foster a waste reduction culture in commercial activities, and support Hong Kong’s long-term vision of zero landfill waste and carbon neutrality. For details, please visit the Hong Kong Waste Reduction Website.

Air Pollution Control (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 comes into force on 11 April 2025.  For details about the amended control on specified processes operations, please refer to the amendments at a Glance and Dummies Guide.

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has launched the “Waste Reduction and Recycling Charter” on 1 June 2024 and encourages private residential premises to participate.  For details, please visit Hong Kong Waste Reduction Website.

To facilitate the trade in implementing packaging reduction and management initiatives in their daily operation, EPD published “Practical Guides on Packaging Reduction and Management” for specific sectors. For details, please click here.

The Regulation on Disposable Plastic Products comes into force on 22 April 2024.   For details, please visit  “Cut Plastic Use” thematic website.

The Government launched the Hong Kong's Climate Action Plan 2050 on 8 October 2021, setting out the vision of "Zero-carbon Emissions· Liveable City·Sustainable Development", and outlining the strategies and targets for combating climate change and achieving carbon neutrality. For details, please see the Action Plan.

The Government issued the Clean Air Plan for Hong Kong 2035 with the vision of “Healthy Living．Low-carbon Transformation．World Class”. It leads Hong Kong to a liveable city with air quality on par with major international cities by 2035.

The Government issued the Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles with the vision of “Zero Carbon Emissions．Clean Air．Smart City”. It outlines the strategies and measures of promoting electric vehicles development with a view to attaining zero vehicular emissions before 2050.

The Government promulgated the Waste Blueprint for Hong Kong 2035 on February 8, 2021, with the vision of “Waste Reduction．Resources Circulation．Zero Landfill”.  It outlines the strategies, targets and actions to tackle the waste management challenges up to 2035.