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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Through our efforts to improve efficiencies and reduce costs, we have
actively sought to improve MTR's environmental performance. The results
of our efforts over the last three years are summarised in table below.
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Issue
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Division
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2000
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2001
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2002
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Green
House Gas Emissions
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Electricity Consumption
MWh
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Operations
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709,603MWh
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709,170MWh
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726,390MWh*
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Traction Energy
kWh / train km
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Operations
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2.48kWh/train km
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2.50kWh/train km
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2.46kWh/train km
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Waste Generation
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Metals
Recycled
Tons
|
Operations
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680
tons
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720
tons
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941
tons
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Spent
Oil Recycled (% Total)
Litres
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Operations
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0%
0 litres
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20%
3,154 litres
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50%
9,414 litres
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Water Usage
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Water Consumption
m
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Operations
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224,256
m
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211,073m
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187,031m
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*The increased electricity consumption is due to the opening of the Tseung
Kwan O Line in August 2002.
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