Survey findings by Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK on Public Attitudes towards Municipal Solid Waste Charging

Press Release, Waste | 03 December 2018

// In order to minimise the amount of municipal solid waste, the Government has recently proposed a waste-charging scheme. It has submitted a related draft bill to the Legislative Council in mid-November for first and second readings. To gauge public opinions on the waste-charging scheme, a telephone survey was conducted from 19 to 22 November 2018 by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). 713 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with a response rate of 38.9%. The sampling error is estimated at plus or minus 3.67 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. //

 

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