This Plan was implemented over the period from April 2, 2014 to December 31, 2014. The main objective of the Plan was to assist with the promotion of general waste recycling, clearance and disposal work, and to complete the establishment of (and implement maintenance of) the Household Waste Management System (HWMS), so as to improve the coordination and efficiency of general waste disposal. The main work results achieved were as follows: (1) On the basis of questionnaire surveys conducted by implementing agencies, on-site interviews with recycling firms, official statistics regarding the efficiency of disposal related work undertaken by implementing agencies, and the collection of information regarding the general waste management measures that have been adopted in other countries, etc., a review was undertaken of the management measures relating to general waste in Taiwan. (2) Revised drafts of the Regulations Governing General Waste Recycling, Clearance and Disposal, Rules Governing Management of Publicly-owned Landfill Sites and Method for the Management of Recycled Cooking Oil were compiled, procedures were formulated for the emergency dispatch of disposal equipment, and review was undertaken was respect to the revision of official statistical report formats, with the aim of using systemic improvements to enhance overall management efficiency. (3) Investigation was undertaken to determine the current status of implementing agencies’ management of the operations of the General Waste Management Fund, monitoring of the movement of waste lubricating oil, management of resource recycling points (and stations), implementation of relevant laws and regulations, etc., so as to assist the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) with its supervision of the implementation of waste disposal work by local government authorities. (4) Data coordination was implemented across nine existing source reduction related websites, and integrated report compilation and statistical search functions were added. (5) The work of establishing the HWMS was completed, and ongoing integration of existing databases and data peering work was carried out; the HWMS system was brought online in December 2014 for trial use in report compilation by environmental agencies at local government level.

waste treatment;household waste management system;sustainable use of resources