Last year "crazy" imported foreign garbage, this month began to restrict plastic straws!

According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", Taiwan's policy of restricting the use of plastic straws at one time officially started on JulyThe Taipei Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has given priority to controlling the internal environment where "the use of straws is not necessarily required", and conducted a comprehensive inspecti.

In response to the plastic reduction policy of the Taiwan authorities, the use of disposable plastic straws has been banned for domestic use since JulyThe four categories of restricted use include government departments, schools, department stores and shopping centers, and fast-food chai.

Cui Haozhi, a special member of the Resource Recycling Management Section of the Taipei Environmental Protection Bureau, pointed out that there are currently about 549 restricted objects in four categories in Taipei Ci.

Garbage no longer enters the mainland, but comes to Taiwan

At this time last year, millions of tons of garbage poured into Taiwan's docks like a disast.

The most terrible thing is that the piles of garbage that cannot be handled have brought huge trouble to the scavengers on the isla.

"Fortunately, there are many night markets in Taiwan, and there are many trash cans near the night markets, where there are many things that can be recycl.

Taiwan also implements a garbage classification system

According to the editor, Taiwan, like South Korea and Japan, implements a garbage classification system, and in Taiwan, garbage can not be dumped 24 hours a day, only at a fixed time every evening, garbage trucks will drive to designated locations, nearby residen.

The scavenger also said: "I can't pick up garbage at first, but I'm older, I can't do many jobs, I don't have a disability, and I can't get any subsi.

While increasing the "plastic restriction order", it is crazy to import "foreign garbage"

Due to the influx of millions of tons of foreign garbage into Taiwan, the previous NT$4-5 per kilogram of garbage has now dropped to NT$1-2, and the income has shrunk by ha.

In 2018, Taiwan's imports of British waste have surged by more than 1,000%, and the total volume far exceeds that of Pakistan, compared to 90% of Ind.

Baodao even initiated the world's first "prohibition of using straws for drinking bubble te.

        Taiwan's "plastic ban" timetable

        2019: Merchants no longer offer straws for in-store consumption of food and beverages;

        2020: No more free straws are allowed;

        2025: Fines for use of straws in takeaway food;

        2030: All use of straws, plastic bags, drink cups and related tableware will be banned

        This may be the most stringent "plastic ban" policy in the world at prese.

        Views of the outside world on Taiwan's plastic ban policy

        Environmental groups have hailed it, while the plastics industry's response has ranged from disapproval to concern, with some worrying that biodegradable plastics are being ignor.

        Greenpeace, an environmental group, worked closely with Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency and local environmental groups on the policy, as well as a broader five-year marine debris clean-up progr.

        An official from the Taiwan Plastics Industry Association seemed to have some concerns about the poli.