The Dept of Environmental Protection (DEP) of Taipei City Government is in support of the EPA’s “To Bury Zero Garbage, Full Recycling” Program for the policy targets of “reduction”, “reutilization of asset”, “Diversity of Handling” of garbage disposal. This will allow recycling work by promotion in communities, schools, and neighborhoods and to strengthen the public’s views on the reusing of resources to develop Taipei into a sustainable development city. The Taipei City Government has entrusted Protect-Eco Technology & Consultants Co., Ltd to handle the “2011 Taipei City Promotion of Recycling in Communities and Schools Program” (simply called The Program below).
The program is implemented from April 20, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011. There are 9 main items involved: 1) Promotion activities conducted at colleges, universities, and all levels of schools, communities, and neighborhoods, 2) Update the reporting system of the recycling system and the report summarizing annual outcome, 3) investigation of the quantity and flow of Taipei City’s kitchen leftovers for pigs, 4) Assist the comparison of recycling work done at the community and neighborhood level, 5) Together with the Wenshan District Recycled Furniture Exhibition to Environmental Hand arts and craft and flea market activity, 6) Collect and investigate the information on Taipei City’s second hand goods and flea markets, 7) Conduct promotion for the media, production of promotional items and related educational promotion, 8) innovation ways of doing recycling, 9) other assigned tasks. AS of Nov 30, 2011, each item have followed the schedule, and the outcome are explained below:
I. Promotion activities conducted at colleges, universities, and all levels of schools, communities, and neighborhoods
(1) Conducting promotional and education seminars, talks, and activities on recycle at all levels of schools: The first event was the College Level Recycling Promotional Seminar held on June 13 at Shih Chien University. The number of attendance was 25 people, with attendance rate of 89.3%. The second event was the High School or Under School Recycling Promotional Talk held on Sept 15 at the Taipei City Public Library 10F Conference Room. This was combined with the promotion on public toilets. There were 138 people who attended, and the attendance rate was 89.6%. The third event was the All Level of Schooling Recycling Promotional Talk held on Oct 5 at the Taipei City Public Library 10F Conference Room. There were 30 people who attended, with the attendance rate of 83.3%
(2) Combined with all levels of school or neighborhoods or community in Taipei city, conducted 12 recycling related activities, with over 100 people attending each event.
(3) Assisting the Chaoru Nursing Home Recycling Promotion by providing speaker services.
II. Update the reporting system of the recycling system and the report summarizing annual outcome
“The Taipei City Government Dept of Environmental Protection (DEP) Recycling Reporting Management system” Website maintenance and updating work has helped Taipei City agencies, schools, organizations, and communities to file the collected amount monthly. We have coached a total of 522 schools and agencies to file the recycled amount, with a reporting rate of 99.2%. In addition, we have compiled the recycling performance outcome report for 2011 and the preliminary presentation.
III. Investigation of the quantity and flow of Taipei City’s Kitchen Leftovers for Pigs
On May 6, have filed the “The Investigation on Quantity and Flow of Kitchen Leftovers for Pigs”, and have requested in writing to investigate the quantity and flow of kitchen leftovers for pigs to the city’s schools, agencies, dept stores, and Discount stores. The result is that the largest quantity and flow from schools, dept stores, and discount stores go to pig farmers (at 52.2%) and those from agencies mainly go to garbage collection team (at 52.2%).
We choose the Shilin District diners and restaurants as survey targets for this year’s kitchen leftovers for pigs. On site investigation have found that most of the kitchen leftovers for pigs are given to garbage collection team (at 63%), while the larger restaurants with greater amount of kitchen leftovers for pigs are given to pig farmers. Based on the amount and number of restaurants to make estimates, there are 741 restaurants and food service providers that produce 245.4 tons of kitchen leftovers for pigs monthly. Therefore, the average store produces about 0.33 tons of kitchen leftovers for pigs produced monthly. By projection, we estimate the total amount of kitchen leftovers for pigs produced by all restaurants in the city at 4279.6 tons.
IV. Assist the comparison of recycling work done at the community and neighborhood level
On March 4, have invited each district office to participate in a ratings information meeting, to help collect the recycling outcome from 456 neighborhoods in the 12 districts into a manual, and collect the unique features or special methods used by the top 5 neighborhoods of each district.
V. Together with the Wenshan District Recycled Furniture Exhibition to Environmental Hand arts and craft and flea market activity
Our working team submitted a teaching activities plan on April 19 and conducted a total of 13 handicraft teaching activity. In terms of conducting the flea market activities, we have used the Wenshan District Recycled Furniture Exhibition on Oct 29 to invite the used furniture stores to participate. There were over 500 people who attended.
VI. Collect and investigate the information on Taipei City’s second hand goods (books and daily products mainly) and flea markets
We filed the “Investigations on the Flea Market, Used Stores” in April, and have on-site visited the 70 used stores and 4 flea markets in the 12 administration districts, completing the setting up of information within the recycling portion of the EPA website for the public to reference. The used stores are located mainly in the Chungcheng and Daan District, while the Xinyi and Nangang District mainly has the luxury goods used stores. The vendors mainly sell books or magazines (49 stores), followed by home applications and audio-visual products (21 stores).
VII. Conduct promotion for the media, production of promotional items and related educational promotion
(1) The media used included electronic media, electronic billboards, magazines, and newspaper, internet, or radio stations. The numbers filed in these media was 74, focusing on environmental handicrafts as theme.
(2) Using used motor oil, button type dry cell, and mercury thermometers as the recycling theme, we have posted 156 messages on the MRT, public parking lots, taxation offices, and the electronic billboards at police stations.
(3) Have entrusted professional arts design company to complete 1 poster design promoting environmental healthy and recycling.
VIII. Innovative ways of doing recycling
We have submitted the 2 innovation implementation programs of “Easy Steps to Environmental Protection” and “Taipei E-Recycling, Borderless World for Environmental Protection”. We conducted teaching activities of “Easy Steps to Environmental Protection” Program in May and August, and have designed and produced teaching manuals. The “Taipei E-Recycling, Borderless World for Environmental Protection” worked with the Taipei European School and Taipei American School Activities. Also, it served as recycling promotion at the new immigrations Hall, and provided the Taipei Japan School with a cartoon version and working version for recycling promotional materials. These can serve as education materials for students.
IX. Other assigned tasks
We have completed free maintenance recycling operational points at 170 locations. Among these locations, 5 businesses have ceased operations, so we have confirmed that 165 locations are in service. On Oct 15, Oct 23, and Nov 23, we have conducted a promotional activity on recycling of used motor oil. On site, we have completed 200 surveys and learned that only 68% of the public understands that motor oil can be recycled. The characteristics of the category with highest recognition of this policy is male, with college or university education, aged between 26 to 30, working in the private commercial sectors.
