The project period was from Jan 22, 2013 to Dec 31, 2013. The testing result of lamps from 2008 to 2013 showed that there were 123 samples complied with the EU regulation, about 72.4% of total samples. For the mercury distribution within the waste lamp recycling plant, the investigations of Hong Chin Corp. (dry technology for non-linear fluorescent tube) and Ming Hong Corp. (wet technology for linear fluorescent tube) had been completed in July 8 to July 10 and July 15 to July 17, respectively. The work included the environmental mercury concentration monitoring, emission during processing, and the total suspend particles monitoring. According to the CATI surveying result, about 10% people wouldn’t collect waste lamps because most of them didn’t know waste lamps should be recycled. Lots of people would put the waste lamp into a new or the original package for protection. However, people recognized the danger of broken waste lamps but didn’t know the broken waste lamps should be recycled, too. And there were 70% people didn’t have the experience for breaking lamps. For the result of waste batteries distribution, the auditing and certification volume was 63.97%, outside the auditing and certification system (collected but not sorting, collected and sorted) volume was 5.41%, and volume discarded in the municipal solid wastes was around 30.62%. The testing result of 10 battery samples showed, only the secondary alkaline battery complied with the standards 5 ppm of both domestic and EU battery directive regulations, the other samples’ mercury contents were between 158ppm to 25,000ppm. Besides, the draft of fee rates and subsidy rates for waste batteries had been completed and announced on 3rd December and 30th September, respectively. The fee rates of Mn/Zn, Ni-MH, and Ni-Cd batteries and the subsidy rates of Ni-MH and Ni-Cd batteries would not be adjusted. In order to enhance the concept of battery recycling, the project already designed 2 posters for battery and “power bank” recycling. Those 2 posters were exerted on advertisements which combined with waste electronics and computers recycling. Besides, the project proposed the educational material of the waste lamps breakage prevention for municipal cleaning crews. The 2012 exhibit of the achievement for subsidizing the inventing and researching of regulated recyclable wastes collection and recycling was held in NTU Convention Center on 25th Mar, 2013. And the summaries of all the developments had been passed to the academics and related businesses through meeting data. There were 56 cases applied in 2013, and 18 of them passed the auditing and qualified for the subsidy. There were 14 cases applied by individual units.

mercury distribution, collection and recycling, the fee rate and subsidy rate, heavy metal contents testing, levy for technical improvements