In order to encourage the citizens to participate in the recycling activities, expand the scope of the related policies and implement the recycling classifications, the project, “Advanced Recycling Project in Chiayi”, was initiated by Environmental Protection Bureau, Chiayi City, in 2017. Firstly, all the boroughs and communities were aligned to set 30 recycling stations to provide the people another recycling channel beyond the recycling trucks. Also, we conducted 179 events for exchange rewards with 124 kilograms recycling materials per event in average so we collected 1,663 attendees and 22,144 kilograms of recyclable materials in total. As per the analyzed results based on the open hours of the recycling stations in boroughs (both holidays and office hours), storage spaces and operational manpower, the best results showed in the recycling storage space more than 16.5 square meters with the joint operations of borough chiefs and volunteers during the holidays. The project started to have the garbage classification spot checks at the institutes and schools along with the general driving routes of garbage trucks by garbage bag breaking among the communities since this July, then we found the higher violation rate in the spot checks at the institutes and schools compared with the general driving routes of the garbage trucks among communities. Therefore, we’d like to suggest those institutes and schools should enhance the self-checks and management of the trash carts and cans to avoid some recycling materials mixed with the garbages and collected by the cleaning team. In spite of the lower violation proportions, the garbage bags broken and found violations still exist in some specific area along the general driving routes of garbage trucks. The following correction actions are suggested, like to conduct some educational seminars in those boroughs with more cases of violations, enhance educations through the broadcast of borough chiefs and inspections of environmental protection volunteers in the area. In 2017, the monthly average garbage cleaning quantities, recycling quantities and kitchen wastes recycling quantities in Chiayi from January to July were 2,865 tons, 3,837 tons and 550 tons, respectively. With the educational stage in May, advice stage during June to July and spot checks in August, the monthly average garbage cleaning quantities increased by 50 tons, the recycling quantities increased by 356 tons and kitchen wastes recycling quantities increased by 12 tons from August to October. The garbage quantities increased slightly by 1.7% but the recycling quantities increased by 9.3% and kitchen wastes recycling quantities slightly increased by 2.1%, which reflected the spot checks by breaking garbage bags can effectively prevent the further violations. The recycling stations in boroughs should continue until the future but there should be a mechanism to decide when to withdraw or terminate the recycling stations in boroughs and the rewards for recyclable materials cleaning team, in terms of policies; also, there should be a Municipal monthly recycling day and a budget plan for periodically exchange rewards activities of the recycling stations in boroughs to encourage the people to continue to maintain the recycling habits, in terms of operations. The annual garbage classification inspections of this year have successfully halted the violations from institutes, schools or communities. We’d like to propose to enhance the advices and continuous inspections at those institutes, schools and communities found with more violations; and the more common recycling items found in the classifications would be included as one of the exchange rewarding items in the recycling stations of next year.

106 year Chiayi City refined recycle program