Analysis of Pollution, Quality of Life, and Food Waste in Hong Kong

This report analyzes the impact of pollution, quality of life, and food waste in Hong Kong. It highlights air pollution, caused by vehicles and power plants, as a major concern, affecting public health. The report discusses the concept of quality of life, emphasizing its link to environmental factors and social satisfaction. It also examines the significant issue of food waste, with an estimated 100-300 tons disposed of in landfills daily, with hospitality firms contributing a large portion. The report references supporting data and studies, and underscores the need for effective government action to mitigate environmental issues and improve the well-being of Hong Kong residents.

PART B: RELEVANT CONCEPTS AND
KNOWLEDGE /FACTS/DATA

PART B: RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE/CONCEPT/FACTS AND DATA
There are three concepts examined which are related with the questions which are
mentioned in first part. These are pollution, quality of life and food waste.
The first impact is of pollution. Pollution is being regarded as presence of such
substances in environment which has harmful and negative impact. In this context, it can be said
that air, water and soil are being consider as three basic type of pollution (Johnravindar and et.al.,
2018). However, among these in Hong Kong air pollution is being regarded as one of the major
type of pollution. It is contributed mainly due to power plants, marine vessels and motor vehicles
etc. Moreover, there are around 7 million people live in city and each people have their own
vehicles. The given thing will lead to the condition like air pollution. Thus, the given thing is
causing negative impact on the people of society. This is because; different forms of pollution
give rise to the varied type of diseases. The diseases make the survival of human in the word
difficult. Thus, it is necessary that government of nation should take effective action towards the
same if it really wants to save mankind in future.
On the other hand, quality of life is another important concept which is examined in the
previous section. Quality of life is being defined as general well being of an individual and
society. It basically involves life satisfaction which comes from family, physical health,
education and religious belief etc. However, on the other hand quality of life in social aspect
means the level of satisfaction which an individual gains from the people who are living in
society. In this regard, it can be said that the problem of food waste affect the quality of life of an
individual who are living in society. This is because, food waste brings different other problems
such as pollution (Li & Li, 2017). The different forms of pollution have varied impact on the
health of people who are living in society. For example, if some people are living near the food
waste landfills. Then, in the given situation they will constantly have the rotten food smell in
their area. The given type of thing will make their life difficult. Thus, due to this they will feel
highly dissatisfied and discouraged.
In addition to this, food waste is third most important concept in the given study. In
accordance with the given context, on the basis of analysis it is examined that there are around
100-300 tons of food wasted in Hong Kong. These foods are basically disposed on the landfills.
In this context, it is also assessed that in the year 2012 there are around 9278 tonnes food waste
disposed in landfills. Here, hospitality firms are the major source of food wastage. This is the
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matter of debate in Hong Kong and each individual will have different opinions regarding the
actions which need to be taken against the same.
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REFERENCE
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Li, R. H., & Li, X. Y. (2017). Recovery of phosphorus and volatile fatty acids from wastewater
and food waste with an iron-flocculation sequencing batch reactor and acidogenic co-
fermentation. Bioresource technology, 245, 615-624.
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