EPA PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING PER-BAG TRASH COLLECTION FEE SYSTEM|環署擬推垃圾費隨袋徵收 直轄市優先

The Environmental Protection Administration is planning for a nation-wide implementation of the per-bag trash collection fee system, which has been in place in Taipei and New Taipei City. The EPA's first targets are the other special municipalities. However, in southern Taiwan, the Tainan and Kaohsiung City Government think that they already enjoy a pretty good recycling rate of around 50%. They worry that implementing the system may cause inconvenience to the public as the system might not fit into local conditions. The Environmental Protection Administration is now considering implementing the per-bag trash collection fee system in the entire country to encourage recycling and reduction. Its first targets are the special municipalities. Some people worry that the system may cause inconvenience, while others agree that users should pay. ==KAOHSIUNG RESIDENT== I don't think this is a good idea. Well, the government's designated bags come in fixed sizes, but the amount of garbage may vary. ==KAOHSIUNG RESIDENT== It will be more environmentally friendly. It helps reduce the amount of garbage and the use of plastic bags. Some think that the plastic bag charge will be even fairer than levying the fee on water bills if it is levied on the more available shopping bags, which they can later reuse for garbage disposal. The idea, however, is not supported by the Kaohsiung City Government. ==CHANG JUI-HUI, Deputy Director, EPB, Kaohsiung City Government== The recyclable garbage has accounted for more than 50% of the garbage we collected. The rest is the garbage that needs to be incinerated. The Tainan City Government also believes that the per-bag trash collection fee system will not increase the recycling rate. ==LIN CHIEN-ERH, Deputy Director, EPB, Tainan City Government== Even if it can increase the recycling rate, it won't be much. That's the first reason. The second reason is that we need to consider the local conditions. According to city governments, the reuse of free plastic shopping bags offered by stores for garbage disposal can also reduce the amount of garbage. Special tax stamped bags may not necessarily bring the intended results. To launch the system, the EPA will perhaps have to convince the local governments first. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 垃圾車一到，民眾大小包垃圾往裡面丟，但許多都用黑色塑膠袋，有沒有確實做好垃圾分類，很難分辨，環保署希望推動全國垃圾費隨袋徵收，讓民眾更重視垃圾回收和減量，第一優先要在直轄市做，有民眾擔心垃圾專用袋使用不便，也有民眾支持使用者付費。 ==高雄市民== 我覺得不理想 怎麼說哦 你說政府有限定那個袋子(尺寸) 然後人家那個垃圾的話 也不一定是很小袋 也是很大一袋 ==高雄市民== 比較環保 就不用製造垃圾 袋子一大堆 有些人袋子一大堆亂丟 也有人認為，如果能做到購物袋普遍都是垃圾專用袋，也就是台北和新北市目前實施的二次袋，方便民眾取得，就不排斥隨袋徵收，也會比隨水費徵收更公平，不過高雄市政府並不支持。 ==高雄市環保局副局長 張瑞暉== 這些垃圾我們把它丟出去的垃圾 已經可以回收 可以回來的 已經佔了百分之五十幾 所以大概剩下百分之四十幾 是屬於真正的垃圾必需去焚化 台南市政府也認為，以目前垃圾回收比例來看，再推隨袋徵收，能提升的回收率不多。 ==台南市環保局副局長 林健二== 隨袋徵收的話 能夠再增加的話 那個比例也不多 這是第一個 第二個我們認為就是說 還是要評估一下地方的特性 南部許多店家仍有購物附贈塑膠袋的習慣，市府都認為，這些袋子回收當垃圾袋，同樣能垃圾減量，另外印垃圾袋，不見得環保。環保署要推行，第一個恐怕就得再設法說服地方政府。 記者 王介村 許政俊 綜合報導