Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) refers to the everyday items discarded by the public from homes, schools, hospitals and businesses. This waste includes a wide variety of materials such as packaging, food scraps, yard waste, furniture, clothing, bottles, appliances and more. This excludes construction waste, chemical waste, clinical waste and other special waste. In Hong Kong, we disposed of about 10,326 tonnes of MSW every day on average in 2025.
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To achieve the goal of “Zero Landfill”, we will continue to plan for the development of new waste-to-energy facility, and examine the feasibility of co-locating it with other waste management facilities to create a synergy effect, while reserving space for public enjoyment and environmental education.
The Government’s strategy has two main directions. The first is to mobilise the entire community to practise waste reduction and waste separation for recycling in the upstream to reduce the overall waste disposal amount. The second is to proactively drive the development of downstream waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities for sustainable disposal of the remaining MSW. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) is working full steam on developing a network of the modern WtE incineration facilities and food waste treatment facilities, with a view to moving away from the reliance on landfill for direct disposal of MSW and transforming waste into useful energy resources. By then, only a small amount of waste that is non-combustible and cannot be recycled or reused will be directly sent to the landfills.
I•PARK2 offers a comprehensive solution to the challenges of MSW management by employing advanced waste-to-energy incineration technology. This facility is designed to process up to 6,000 tonnes of MSW daily, significantly reducing 90% volume of waste that would otherwise end up in landfills.
By converting waste into energy, I•PARK2 not only manages waste efficiently but also generates electricity, contributing to the power grid and promoting sustainable energy use. The facility incorporates state-of-the-art pollution control systems to ensure that emissions meet stringent environmental standards.
I•PARK2 harnesses the energy released during the incineration of waste to generate electricity. Heat energy recovered from the waste treatment process will be used to generate electricity for on-site use, with surplus electricity to be exported to the power grid. It is estimated that the facility will export about 960 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of surplus electricity to the power grid annually. By converting waste into a valuable energy resource, I•PARK2 supports the sustainable management of MSW and reduces reliance on traditional fossil fuels.
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The project comprises the design, construction and operation of the I•PARK2 which will have a design treatment capacity sufficient to handle around 6,000 tonnes per day (tpd) of MSW.
This project will adopt state-of-the-art incineration technology to substantially reduce the bulk size of waste. The energy from waste incineration will be recovered for electricity generation.
Apart from meeting the electricity demand for on-site use of the facility, the surplus electricity from the project will be exported to the public power grid, thereby boosting up the portion of electricity generation from WtE source. Moreover, appropriate community amenities will be integrated into the project for public enjoyment.
As a way to reduce project cost, the principle of “fit-for-purpose and quality without extravagance” will be adopted in the design of the proposed I•PARK2, so as to adopt the most cost-effectiveness approach for project implementation.
Drawing on the experience of T•PARK, community facilities combining environmental education, leisure and recreation elements would be provided at the proposed I•PARK2, achieving the vision of “single site, multiple use” for synergy. In addition to providing an environmental education centre, we are also exploring the possibility for the proposed I•PARK2 to include recreational venues different from those in T•PARK to offer the public novel recreational experience.
After exchanging views with various overseas and Mainland enterprises that are experienced in developing and operating large-scale waste-to-energy incineration facilities, the construction period could be timely shortened. I•PARK2 is targeted for function completion, i.e. completion of relevant works for operational testing of MSW incineration, starting from around 5.5 years and commissioning of associated facilities by phases. The entire facility is scheduled for completion within around 7 years. In addition, to expedite the development of the proposed I•PARK2, we have carried out various advance works concurrently, including site investigations, technical assessments, developing reference design, etc. The advance works have been completed, including the statutory procedure under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap. 499). The open tender exercise for I•PARK2 project commenced in December 2024 and the tender invitation closed in October 2025.
To meet with the requirements of the EIAO, the Environmental Impact Assessment report was approved and Environmental Permit was granted by EPD in December 2024.