The main local environmental group Friends of the Earth Hong Kong spokeswoman MichelleAu said, according to government statistics, the implementation of plastic bag use tax on merchants in plummeted by 77%. However, according to local Hong Kong newspapers reported that, because there are many shops not included in the scope of taxation, landfill disposal of plastic bags in Hong Kong last year, the number declined by only 5.7%. Manufacturing of plastic bags as a response to Chamber of Commerce survey, Au said that although the total consumption of plastics has increased, but she doubted whether caused by the plastic bag tax, increase in population or tourism development are the general economic may lead to increased use of plastic bags. She also said that while increased consumption of non-woven bags, woven bags, non woven bag china but use only 17 million, in Hong Kong in 2010 consumed 4.3 billion plastic bags in only a small part of it.

Friends of the Earth believes that Hong Kong needs to take stronger measures to reduce waste generation, in 2005 -2009, the amount of waste the city of Hong Kong increased by 7.3%, while the Government has pledged to strive at a 1% annual reduction in the amount of waste. Friends of the Earth said, "increasingly affluent lifestyles and bring new consumer behavior" makes waste in Hong Kong increased, the Government must introduce a wider range of policies to be addressed, such as garbage fees and producer responsibility legislation. The group has been in public comments specifically plastic bag tax known as the "address the root cause of the problem of excessive waste - the ideal strategy for the abuse of plastic bags."A spokesman said the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, Government believes that the success of the plastic bag tax, reusable bag because it allows people to develop a shopping bag to the supermarket's own habits, succeeded in changing consumer behavior.

EPA said that compared to the production data given in the plastics industry, waste disposal aspects of the statistical information to better illustrate the effectiveness of plastic bag tax, known as "regulated entities (ie, supermarkets, convenience stores and personal health care products and beauty products shop ) disposed in the plastic shopping bag reduction on the amount exceeds the amount of the increase in disposal of garbage bags. "In addition, the EPA also said the government has stepped up public outreach efforts, does not encourage excessive distribution of non-woven bags, plastic bags, such as will also become the object of taxation.

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