The WKRTS provides for the reception and transfer of publicly and privately collected waste.  The waste received is transported to the West New Territories (WENT) Landfill at Nim Wan by sea in Lo-Lo type vessels.  Approximately 2,200 tonnes per day of municipal waste is collected by refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) in the whole of Kowloon, Kwai Chung, Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan areas.  It is required that the KBTS and WKRTS together can handle all public and private waste from Kowloon, Kwai Chung, Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan areas by the year 2011.  The WKRTS was operational in 1997.  The primary objectives of WKRTS are to transfer the whole of the balance of publicly collected waste arising within the Kowloon/Kwai Tsing/Tsuen Wan catchment.  This balance will be equal to about 1,654 tonnes in 2011.  However, the station is designed with the aim of transferring the maximum reasonable tonnage of privately collected waste arising within the same area.