According to Taiwan media reports, New Year's Day begins next year, Taiwan's 'plastic limit order' will be further expanded, when people buy hand drinks, supermarkets coffee, bread, cakes, cosmetics and other products, all have to prepare their own plastic bags. EPA also said that if the industry was prosecuted once persuasion has not improved, the second will be directly punished fine 1200 ~ 6,000 yuan (NT, the same below) fines, hoping to save the amount of plastic bags in Taiwan.
It is reported that according to Taiwan's announcement of "EPD", the "Executive Yuan" has now adopted the proposal of "EPD" and "expanding the control of the use of plastic bags for shopping." These measures include "expanding the control targets" and " Garbage bags and shopping plastic bags 'one of two bags' "," accept all plastic material "," cancel the shopping bag thickness must reach 0.06 millimeter limit. "
Among them, the "expanded control targets" with the largest impact area will be implemented once the "Cosmetics, Cosmetics, Pharmacy", medical equipment, electronic 3C retail stores, stationery stores, laundries, hand drinks shops and bakery shops will be launched 7 In the big industries, there will be a total ban on the provision of 'free' plastic bags, but bags, bread bags, medicine bags, laundry dust bags containing fresh food such as fish, meat, fruits and vegetables will not be within the limits .
Taiwan 'EPA' said the new policy on January 1, 2018 on the road, the first time for the first time will persuade non-compliance stores, the second will be directly imposed penalties of 1,200 yuan to 6,000 yuan penalty, and for paid shopping Plastic bags, will be from the original 'plastic bags must reach 0.06 mm' limit, changed to 'unrestricted' by the industry to choose their own thickness, at the same time the price of plastic bags will be fully customized to the industry 'EPA' said the plastic Bag prices will return to the market mechanism, hoping to balance the use of price, the ultimate goal is to develop the public habit of using green bags.
In addition, the existing laws only prohibit the provision of free plastic bags in 7 major categories such as public departments, public and private schools, department stores and shopping centers, hypermarkets, supermarkets, chain convenience stores and chain fast food outlets, affecting about 20,000 businesses; and After the formal introduction of the new policy in the future, the restricted categories will be expanded into 14 types, affecting about 100,000 businesses, of which the hand-cup industry will be the most influential.