Single use plastic tableware is one of the top ten categories of marine litter in Hong Kong.
HONG KONG - A deluge of trash from takeaway containers and disposable cutlery is cluttering the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at the city's capacity to dispose of its garbage.
Pavements in residential and office areas are littered with Styrofoam boxes and coffee cups spilling out from bins, while plastic bags and wrappers are seen floating at popular swimming sites. Hong Kong's government said existing landfills will reach capacity this year and in June it announced it was disposing of human graves to further extend one site.
WWF-Hong Kong said it was working with delivery companies, Deliveroo and Foodpanda, to combat disposable plastic cutlery.
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