On average, around 870 metric tons of cardboard, newsprint, and office paper were sent to landfills in Hong Kong daily in 2022. In comparison, only 75 metric tons per day of tetrapak waste were landfilled that year. Overall, paper waste accounted for the third-largest share of average daily municipal solid waste in Hong Kong.
Average daily paper municipal solid waste (MSW) sent to landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by type
(in metric tons per day)
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Hong Kong EPD. (December 22, 2023). Average daily paper municipal solid waste (MSW) sent to landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by type (in metric tons per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032073/hong-kong-average-paper-weight-in-municipal-solid-waste-disposed-at-landfills-by-type/
Hong Kong EPD. "Average daily paper municipal solid waste (MSW) sent to landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by type (in metric tons per day)." Chart. December 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032073/hong-kong-average-paper-weight-in-municipal-solid-waste-disposed-at-landfills-by-type/
Hong Kong EPD. (2023). Average daily paper municipal solid waste (MSW) sent to landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by type (in metric tons per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032073/hong-kong-average-paper-weight-in-municipal-solid-waste-disposed-at-landfills-by-type/
Hong Kong EPD. "Average Daily Paper Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) Sent to Landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by Type (in Metric Tons per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032073/hong-kong-average-paper-weight-in-municipal-solid-waste-disposed-at-landfills-by-type/
Hong Kong EPD, Average daily paper municipal solid waste (MSW) sent to landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by type (in metric tons per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032073/hong-kong-average-paper-weight-in-municipal-solid-waste-disposed-at-landfills-by-type/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Average daily paper municipal solid waste (MSW) sent to landfills in Hong Kong in 2022, by type (in metric tons per day) [Graph], Hong Kong EPD, December 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032073/hong-kong-average-paper-weight-in-municipal-solid-waste-disposed-at-landfills-by-type/
