1.0Varsityhttps://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OO0vefWYB8"><a href="https://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/2016/01/recycling-business-profits-drop/">Hong Kong’s Recycling Business: Recycling More, Earning Less?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php/2016/01/recycling-business-profits-drop/embed/#?secret=OO0vefWYB8" width="600" height="338" title="“Hong Kong’s Recycling Business: Recycling More, Earning Less?” — Varsity" data-secret="OO0vefWYB8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://varsity.com.cuhk.edu.hk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Feature-Photo_Recycling-e1450756431960.jpg28001867Recycling is not a profitable business in Hong Kong anymore. But landfills are filling up, so the government set up a $1-billion recycling fund this year to try and solve the issue before it gets out of control. We look at how the industry works in Hong Kong, and where it could be improved.