Kwai Chung Incineration Plant
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[[Image:Kwai Chung Incineration Plant.jpg|thumb|float|right|300px|Kwai Chung Incineration Plant, with Rambler Channel Bridge at its front.]]
'''Kwai Chung Incineration Plant''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese:]] 葵涌焚化爐) was one of three [[incineration]] plants in [[Hong Kong]]. It was on the [[land reclamation|reclaimed land]] of [[Gin Drinkers Bay]], [[Kwai Chung]], near [[Tsing Chau]] and [[Rambler Channel]].
The plant was opened in [[1978]] for handling the solid wastes of Hong Kong.
==Cease of operation==
In [[1989]], the [[Hong Kong Government]] issued a [[White Paper]], ''Pollution in Hong Kong - A Time to act''. After considering [[air pollution]] to the environment and the health of residents, it decided to cease using [[incineration]] as a way of disposing [[solid waste]]. In May [[1997]],
Kwai Chung Incineration Plant ceased to operate, following [[Lai Chi Kok Incinerator Plant]] and [[Kennedy Town Incineration Plant]].
==Demolition==
Although the plant ceased its operation, it was not completely demolished and its [[building]] and 150 meter (492 feet) high [[chimney]] remains. The site was found to be contaminated with [[dioxin]], [[furan]], [[asbestos]], [[heavy metals]] and [[petroleum hydrocarbons|petroleum hydrocarbon]]. Special treatments are needed during demolition.{{Fact|date=August 2007}}
[[Category:Kwai Chung]]
[[Category:Incinerators]]
[[Category:Waste processing sites]]
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