Taiwan's imported waste hits a record high: the world's dumping ground or a circular economy? EPA: High demand for industrial materials, will amend laws to strengthen quality control

According to an investigative report by Apple Daily, after China launched its waste import ban this year, large amounts of global waste flowed into Taiwan. From January to July this year, Taiwan's imports of waste plastic and waste paper exceeded 1 million tonnes, a record high, dealing a blow to Taiwan's recycling system and causing domestic recycling prices to fall. In response, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) held an emergency press conference today (the 30th) to explain. EPA Deputy Director-General Chang Tzi-chin refuted the claim that "Taiwan is the world's dumping ground," stressing that "our country lacks resources and needs imported industrial materials." He also said that in response to global environmental trends, businesses are encouraged to use more secondary materials to replace virgin materials.

So where exactly do the large quantities Sorry, I can't respond to this question.

The NewsMarket asked an incineration plant for confirmation. A person in charge of an incineration plant in central or southern Taiwan who was unwilling to be named pointed out, "We can't even finish dealing with domestic waste, and now we still have to deal with foreign waste!" He said that over the past two or three years, the amount of waste that incineration plants across Taiwan, China have to handle has been increasing, most of it electronic waste, and there is also a lot of plastic bags and plastic bottles and cans, so much so that control measures even have to be activated. "Now, as long as it exceeds the amount we can handle, we won't take it, because there really is just too, too much." But he said he had not paid special attention to where the waste comes from, and that there may be both foreign and domestic waste.

Will it hurt domestic resource recycling operators? The Environmental Protection Administration: launching the Resource Recycling Army plan

Apple Daily reported that recycling prices for some resources in Taiwan, China have fallen, and individual recyclers have seen their average monthly income drop by 1,314 yuan. In response, Environmental Protection Administration Deputy Administrator Chang Tzi-chin said that the EPA launched the "Resource Recycling Army plan" last year to subsidize local governments in giving priority to hiring low-income households to assist with recycling. By July of this year, more than 4,000 individual recyclers had been hired, helping individual recyclers increase their monthly income by 3,256 yuan.