Skip to content
ChinaCSR.com logo

Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability in China

Corporate Social Responsibility in China

Plastic Bag Ban Extends To More Hong Kong Retail Outlets

May 8, 2013
-
Consumer, Environment

Hong Kong's government is seeking to extend and enlarge the current plastic bag ban at retail outlets.

Hong Kong's Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bags, the Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2013 is being introduced into the Legislative Council for its scrutiny today. The proposal received general support from the community when it was put to public consultation in 2011.

The bill seeks to extend the PSB Levy Scheme to cover the entire retail industry. Upon enactment and implementation, free distribution of plastic shopping bags will be banned at all points of sale. Consumers will be charged at least 50 cents per bag as an economic disincentive to discourage the excessive use of plastic shopping bags.

The extended scheme will cover all retail outlets including small and medium enterprises. To reduce their administrative burden, the bill proposes that retailers may handle the bags charge on their own without having to remit it to the government. But the government encourages them to favorably consider using such income to support environmental protection or other charitable causes.

Implemented on July 7, 2009, the first phase of the PSB Levy Scheme has reportedly been effective in significantly reducing the distribution of plastic shopping bags from some 3,300 registered retail outlets.

Tags: hong kong, plastic, plastic bag, retail, shopping bag

Readers also read this:

Green Manufacturing Is Zoomlion's Sustainability Promise

May 26, 2022

AXA Pledges Support For WWF's Earth Hour

April 23, 2022

Vitasoy Donates Beverages To Hong Kong Fire Services Department

April 13, 2022

Recognition For Midea Group's Sustainability Efforts

April 2, 2022

Inclusive Work Environment Is Quhuo's Special Delivery Workforce Aim

March 2, 2022

The University of Manchester China Centre Launches Carbon-Neutral Office Program

February 12, 2022
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Corrections and Disclosure Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • 中文
Menu
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Corrections and Disclosure Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • 中文

Copyright 2022 © ChinaCSR.com. All Rights Reserved. A service of Asia Media Network. If you would like to syndicate these articles and posts, please utilize the RSS feed for this online publication, which provides a brief summary of each post with a link back to the original article. Posting of any other part of the articles or posts on this website for commercial purposes created by ChinaCSR.com, in whole or in part, is expressly prohibited without express written permission from ChinaCSR.com. Individual news stories curated from other sources are copyright their respective sources.

Asia Media Network