How to charge? - MSW Charging

1. Please select the type of waste you dispose of:

General Waste
Refers to all domestic waste or commercial and industrial waste, except oversized waste

Oversized Waste
Refers to oversized waste that cannot be wrapped in designated bags, e.g., large furniture such as dining tables, bookshelves or mattresses

2. Please select the waste collection service used by your premises:
(Please check with your property management company or cleansing contractor if you are uncertain about the waste collection service used by your premises)

collected by the refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) or its contractors

disposed of by waste producers themselves/ waste collection staff at the FEHD's refuse collection points (RCPs) (including bin sites)

collected by private waste collectors (PWCs) using RCVs with rear compactors

collected by PWCs using RCVs without rear compactors

Charging by Designated Bags

Members of public are required to wrap their waste properly in designated bags before disposal at the following locations.

Communal waste reception areas in premises
*Only applicable to "charging by designated bags/ designated labels"

FEHD's RCPs

FEHD's bin sites

FEHD or its contractors' RCVs
(including RCVs with or without rear compactors)

PWCs' RCVs with rear compactors

The pictures of designated bags above are for illustrative purposes only and are not in true scale.

Price at $0.11 per litre

9 sizes, from 3L to 100L

Charging by Designated Labels

Members of public are required to affix a designated label on each piece of oversized waste before disposal at the following locations.

Communal waste reception areas in premises
*Only applicable to "charging by designated bags/ designated labels"

FEHD's RCPs

FEHD's bin sites

FEHD or its contractors' RCVs
(including RCVs with or without rear compactors)

PWCs' RCVs with rear compactors

A uniform rate of $11 per label

Each piece of oversized waste needs to be affixed with a designated label

Charging by Weight through "Gate-fee"

Members of public do not need to wrap the waste in designated bags or affix a designated label on each piece of oversized waste

Waste will be charged by weight through "gate-fee" at landfills or refuse transfer stations

Please check with your property management company, cleansing contractor or PWC for the apportion arrangement of "gate-fee" of your premises

You can also apply to the EPD to register as a "gate-fee" account holder and engage PWCs to dispose of waste at landfills or refuse transfer stations.

Charging level:

$395/ ton
Four urban refuse transfer stations (Island West, Island East, West Kowloon and Shatin) and the North West New Territories Transfer Station

$365/ton
Other refuse transfer stations and landfills