Press Release: Small Fleets, Big Health Threat – Pre-Euro III Commercial Diesel Vehicles Emit 73% of Roadside PM10
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) recently released the 2010 Hong Kong Air Pollutant Emission Inventory, which revealed that a relatively small number of outdated commercial diesel vehicles (CDVs)[1] are causing a disproportionate amount of pollution at Hong Kong’s roadside. Removal of these pre-Euro III CDVs could save approximately 64 lives, 6,400 hospital days, and 444,000 doctor v …