This Project lasts from January 1st, 2017 to December 31st, 2017. The following is the abstract of the Project results. The analysis of unregistered container enterprises and whether recycling levy has been paid. In addition to conducting on-site surveys, information collected from a variety of sources is included in this Project, for instance, the dataset of registered food enterprises. Also, the auditing between customs and the upstream and downstream enterprises has been completed. As a result, an effective list containing a total of 217 unregistered responsible enterprises has been reported, in which four enterprises had a large amount of unreported income which reached more than 90 million NTD. In addition, three seminars were held regarding “a feasible plan to improve the examining and identifying of the regulated recycling containers and to confirm whether a recycling levy has been paid”. 12 sampling surveys were conducted on container manufacturers and a total of 50 pieces of information were collected. The information collected is related to the use of technology related to the Internet of Things when manufacturing regulated recycling containers. In addition, a pilot project was executed, which is “using QR code for recycling registration and identifying whether the levy on regulated recycling container has been paid”. The discussion on the target of the imposed fee on containers and the scope of the imposed fee. In this Project, two materials have been selected as the container materials suitable for deregulation, and feasible deregulation proposals and complementary measures have been drafted. In addition, after investigating the recycling items, which are announced by the Environmental Protection Bureaus (EPB) of 22 counties and cities within the country, a proposal is submitted. The objective of the proposal is to expand the coverage of responsible items and 5 categories of substances, which are filled into containers, are suggested to be included in the relative regulation. In addition, the regulatory scope of the cans and beverage containers that are filled in onsite to become a product has been reviewed in the proposal. The analysis of identifying containers of responsibility and the reporting procedure of agro-pesticide containers. The analysis of 1285 cases in the articles of responsibility identification database has been completed. Moreover, a standard identification process and evaluating form for containers of responsibility have been established. Each month, an inquiry letter simulating the Q＆A on containers of responsibility is submitted via emails. In addition, a managing and controlling system for the application of identification is established, which enhanced the relative functions of the interpretation letters. Moreover, a suggestion has been proposed, which is requesting Inspection Bureaus to provide the evaluation data on reported items of agro-pesticides. Also, a reminder function for agro-pesticide enterprises has been established in the operating volume reporting system. The current reporting regulation states that the operating volume of agro-pesticide manufacturing enterprise shall be the imported volume of technical-grade pesticides. Under this regulation, an analysis report has been submitted which includes two advancing plans for effective monitoring the amount of agro-pesticides containers used within the country. Relative information on countries with pesticide container recycling scheme worldwide has been collected in this Project for future research references. The analysis of the recycling fee and subsidy rates for recycling and disposing containers. In order to reduce the amount of PVC containers used, a draft amendment is proposed to adjust the PVC price in this Project. A survey has been conducted on the percentage of the recycled materials used when manufacturing plastic containers in the country and the relevant verification mechanism has been proposed. Container manufacturers which use PET and PP/PE materials when producing containers should have the priority for receiving a discount rate for using recycled materials instead. This is to better promote efficient resource utilization.

Regulated Recyclable Containers, The Scope of Regulated Recyclable Containers, Responsible Enterprise