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Macau’s only landfill is piling up – almost 25 metres high, the equivalent of an eight-storey apartment block – an urgent situation that requires immediate attention. The solution? A reclaimed island made of construction waste off Coloane, according to the Macau government.
Whether a 2.45-square-kilometre island of unwanted rubble will serve as a stopgap or a permanent solution will only be known by the end of the year – when the results of a government-commissioned study by mainland Chinese experts are due.
Despite repeated official assurances that the project would not take a significant toll environmentally, green activists remain skeptical and unconvinced.
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