The Role of Waste Management in Achieving Sustainability and Carbon Targets in Hong Kong

Kitty is an Associate Director of SMEC, an SJ Company. She is also a Chartered Environmental Engineer, committee member of HKIE Environmental Division, a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, Engineering EIA Professional and a Certified ESG Analyst with 16 years of work experience. She has been based in Hong Kong and has worked on projects in Hong Kong, China, Australia, India, Malaysia and the US. She is specialised in delivering projects related to waste, hydraulic, water, drainage, sewerage, environmental and sustainability. She has been involved in several iconic projects such as I∙Park 1, O∙Park 2, Pillar Point Sewage treatment Works, Tai Po Water Treatment Works Phase 2. Kitty has worked through the project lifecycle including feasibility studies, conceptual design, detailed design and construction. She also demonstrated strength as project manager and project coordinator for multi-disciplinary projects. Kitty has served as committee member of Hong Kong Waste Management Association for years, and she is currently the Vice Chairlady.

PhD, MPhil, BEng, General Manager of Green Living and Innovation Division in HKPC, has over 25 years of experience in environmental management and engineering, green technology research and development, with expertise in waste recycling and management, wastewater reuse/treatment, chemical technology, food technology as well as design and implementation of smart manufacturing process/technology for recycling industry and food industry. Keith has extensive experience in leading environmental policy research and studies, development and implementation, as well as stakeholders’ engagement on policies and initiatives of government and corporations.

Keith also has direct responsibility for managing large scale environmental management projects in the role of project director/manager. The clients for these projects include Hong Kong and Macau Governments, public organisations, environmental and building services consultants, industrial and commercial sectors. Particularly Keith is the Deputy Programme Director of the public engagement conducted for the Council for Sustainable Development on waste charging and control of single use plastics respectively as well as Deputy Programme Director for the implementation of the $2 billion Recycling Fund. He is also the team leader of several large scale trial projects for waste reduction scheme for Government and private sectors.

Victor C. Li is the General Manager of Dunwell Environment Management Company Ltd, one of the pioneering environmental management and technology providers in Hong Kong.

With over 28 years of exposure in environmental & waste management fields, Victor possesses substantial experience applying overseas environmental technologies. He oversees the Hong Kong operation of various chemical waste management programs, remediation and cleanup and one stop recycling services or clients including HKSAR government, major utility companies, property management sectors, transportation companies, etc. Victor has been actively advising various environmental companies from Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific on the latest technological development and market dynamics and presenting in many overseas conferences and occasions.

Victor is the current executive committee member as well as past chairman of Hong Kong Waste Management Association, the Executive Vice President of the Hong Kong Environmental Industry Association. He also served as the Member for HKSAR’s Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) Research Projects Vetting Subcommittee (RPVS) and Project Management Committee member of the Cleaner Production Partnership Programme.

My Sustainability Goal for 2025

City wide engagement in implementing some down-to-the-earth sustainability programs

Prof. Dan Tsang is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Pao Yue-Kong Chair Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization at Zhejiang University in China. A trailblazer in environmental engineering and sustainability, Prof. Tsang has over two decades of research and professional experience. With more than 650 publications in leading international journals, over 75,000 citations, and an h-index of 152, he has been recognized among Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists (lifetime) and Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers in both the engineering and the environment and ecology categories. He also holds fellowships from the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE), Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE). In addition, with a strong commitment to advancing the engineering profession and contributing to public service, Prof. Tsang serves as the founding Editor-in-Chief of npj Materials Sustainability (Nature Portfolio), as well as Chairman of the Hong Kong Waste Management Association (2023–2025) and Waste Management Subcommittee Chair (2023 & 2024) of the Advisory Council on the Environment of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Jonathan Wong is an Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, and a top 2% scientist in biotechnology in Stanford University Ranking 2024. He is currently a Top Talent Professor of the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Engineering of the Dongguan University of Technology, Professor Emeritus of the Hong Kong Baptist University, and Director of the Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre. His research expertise is in the area of solid waste management with specialization in bioconversion of organic wastes for energy and added value products. He has published over 550 SCI publication and conference proceedings with citation of > 29017 and H-index of 90. Jonathan has been appointed as a member of a number of Government’s advisory committees including the Town Planning Board, Advisory Committee for Northern Metropolis, and Green Tech Fund. He was bestowed with Medal of Honor and Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region respectively in 2011 and 2022 for his service and contribution to the Hong Kong environment and appointed as Justice of Peace in 2013.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Waste charging scheme should be implemented in Hong Kong providing the basis for circular economy
2. More efforts to assist community waste separation programme in order to reduce the total waste generation in Hong Kong
3. More innovative technologies and policies from Government on promoting circular economy