The formation of implementation mechanism of designated product packaging management on product manufacturer, importer and retailer is the main objective of the project this year. Moreover, it’s believed that the required framework and the needed public supports could be reached through packaging standard evaluation, packaging industry infrastructure investigation, excessive packaging restriction regulation performance review, reinforcement of industrial voluntary packaging reduction and international packaging workshop promotion. Thus, various tasks are involved in the project as the necessary preparations for further enforcement of article 25 of drafted Wasted Resource Recovery Promotion Act. These specific tasks include (1)review of EU, US and Japan green packaging design and packaging evaluation regulation in both governmental and business sectors(2)the extension of green packaging evaluation procedure and its tool; (3)promotion of business voluntary packaging reduction on 2 product types (or 2 product sectors); (4)offering green packaging technical supports to at least 20 industries; (5)green packaging promotion programs on Mother’s Holiday and industrial green packaging awards; (6)the organizing of an international packaging workshop and (7)enriching green packaging design manual contents.

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