Hong Kong Regulations

WASTE DISPOSAL (LIVESTOCK WASTE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7

Solid livestock waste

PART III

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST DANGERS TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR RISKS OF POLLUTION

(1) Any solid livestock waste generated or produced in or on any livestock
premises in a livestock waste control area or livestock waste restriction area
shall- (L.N. 310 of 1994)

   (a)  in the case of livestock waste intended for use as fertilizer or soil
        conditioner in landscaping schemes, agriculture, horticulture,
        forestry or for the production of animal feedstuffs or fishmeal, be
        stored by the livestock keeper in or on those premises-

        (i)    in properly constructed enclosures used solely for composting
               or drying that waste and designed to prevent so far as is
               practicable the spillage, leakage or escape of that waste; or

        (ii)   where such waste is the subject of in situ composting, in or on
               those properly constructed parts of the livestock premises in
               which that waste is composted; and

        (iii)  in such manner as not to cause any nuisance or annoyance to any
               person whether arising from odours, insects, vermin or from any
               other cause in connection with that waste, until such time as
               that waste is removed from those premises whether by the
               livestock keeper or otherwise for such use or production; or

   (b)  in any other case, be carried or otherwise conveyed from those
        premises by the livestock keeper to a designated place of collection
        in properly constructed storage containers-

        (i)    where pigs are kept in or on livestock premises, at least twice
               during any period of 7 days; or

        (ii)   where poultry are kept in or on livestock premises, during such
               period as the Director may determine in accordance with a
               standard specified in a Code of Practice relating to livestock
               waste.

(2) The livestock keeper shall-

   (a)  empty the contents of the storage containers referred to in paragraph
        (1)(b) into collection containers; and

   (b)  take all necessary precautions to prevent the spillage, leakage or
        escape of such contents during that operation or whilst carrying or
        otherwise conveying that waste to the designated place of collection
        in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).

(3) The collection authority, or a person licensed under section 10 of the
Ordinance, shall-

   (a)  during such period as the Director may determine in accordance with a
        standard specified in a Code of Practice relating to livestock waste,
        transfer the contents of the collection containers referred to in
        paragraph (2)(a) into collection vehicles; and

   (b)  take all necessary precautions to prevent the spillage, leakage or
        escape of such contents during that operation. (Enacted 1988)