EPA Launches Plastic-Free Initiative|"四不塑"起跑! 夜市.景點環保愛地球

On Apr. 22, the Environmental Protection Administration convened a press conference to launch an anti-plastic campaign. The campaign calls for "plastic-free commercial districts," "plastic-free consumption, "plastic-free food," and "plastic-free activities." The EPA invited local governments and private companies to join the campaign.


A play is used to urge people to reduce the plastic consumption in their daily lives. In recent years, many businesses have voluntarily reduced their plastic usage. For example, nearly all of the 180 vendors at Taipei's Ningxia Night Market have switched to using eco-friendly tableware. As a result, their waste removal fee has fallen from NT$300,000 10 years ago to NT$150,000.

We asked our vendors to replace all their melamine tableware. Now, when you sit down at Ningxia Night Market, the tableware you use is made from galvanized iron, porcelain, or glass.

The Environmental Protection Administration launched an anti-plastic campaign on Apr. 22 that calls for plastic-free commercial districts, consumption, food, and activities. In Pingtung's Liuqiu Island, 19 beverage shops teamed up to replace single-use plastic cups with reusable cups. They allow customers to "rent" cups in one place and "return" them in another. This campaign was launched two months ago, and around 200 people rent cups on weekends and holidays.

We have always paid close attention to the conflict between eco-tourism and the environment, so we continuously promoted clean beaches and reductions at the source on the island.

They have packaging-free stores or automatic washers in their business models. All of these can help to lessen our plastic waste generation bit by bit.

EPA statistics show 20 billion plastic bags were used prior to 2002, when stricter limits were put into place. The limits were tightened twice, reducing consumption by 4.8 billion. At present, 15 billion plastic bags are used every year.