The main work items of the project are: “Assisting in Processing Various Business Waste-Related Permit Review”, “Counseling Business in Waste Tracking”, “Checking Real-Time Waste Cleaning Machinery Tracking System”, “Holding Seminar on Laws of Business Waste”, and “Assisting the Environmental Protection Administration in Achieving the Result Review on the City’s Waste Control-Related Operations”. The status of the completion of the execution starting on January 1, 2019 when the project personnel entered the Environmental Protection Bureau to assist in executing related works until December 31, 2019 is as follows: (1)Assist in processing various business waste related permit review The project has completed the review on business waste related permit, including 2,099 reviews on business waste cleaning projects, 23 audits on business waste import and export permit, 52 reviews on professional technician establishment, 7 cases on starting new business, 304 cases on public and private waste disposal and processing, 78 reviews on waste food-grade oil work permit, 502 cases on vehicle GPS examination, and 1450 applications for business control number, for a total of 4515 cases, which has already surpasses the 3,500 cases required in the project. The project is still ongoing according to the actual quantity in terms of reviews and accepting applications. (2)Counseling business in waste tracking Every month, business on-line reporting for routine, project-based, and GPS relevance checking are executed per set schedule; counseling in abnormal businesses for making improvement has been done as well. Abnormal reports are mostly of wrong reporting or non-reporting problems, which are processed in the form of notification by letter. Severe abnormal business conditions are processed by on-site inspection or transferred to the Environmental Protection Bureau for tracking. Moreover, the project has assisted in inspecting the businesses in the vicinity of the Floral Expo to avoid illegal dumping of wastes during the Expo period in order to maintain environmental quality. (3)Innovative approach The project has sponsored “Experience Exchange of Waste Cleaning Project Proposal and Review on Recycle (Renewal) Application Seminar” on July 29, 2019, where different reviewing units of Taichung City were invited to exchange experience on past situations of case reviews. During the meeting, each unit was actively sharing and discussing the methods and problems encountered in reviewing cases with other units. Through this meeting, the communication channel between each review unit can be established in order to maintain same-level bridge of communication. (4)Hosting seminar on laws of business waste and guidance on on-line application and reporting In terms of law promotion, the project has hosted “2018 Taichung City Law Promotion Seminar on Waste Disposal by Recycle Institution Act” on June 5, 2019, and “2019 Taichung City Law Promotion Seminar on Waste Cleaning by Cleaning Institution Act” on September 18. According to related waste laws and regulations and policy, the project actively assists the Environmental Protection Bureau in achieving the result review on waste control while the project has compiled related public announcement on business waste control and information on the law which are posted in Taichung City Environmental Protection Bureau’s website to provide the public for viewing the latest information. (5)Process administrative support The labor quality, administrative compliance, work time, holiday activities, and education training during the execution period of the project have all been processed according to the contract, and work progress discussion every two weeks has been on time. The execution result is compiled and reported to the Environmental Protection Bureau for review every month. All of the above are still being executed. Summation on the execution results: the content of the project execution is of administrative assistance in nature. Most of the work content is the preparation work of administrative operation such as permit review, application checking, on-site inspection, improvement counseling, setting application procedure, and estimating result audit which have complied with the Taichung City Environment Protection Bureau in terms of execution. The project has taken in the consideration for the limited funding of local environmental protection bureau. However, due to the heavy work load and limited manpower and funding, it has extensively deployed all human resources to achieve successfully the goal of the project.

Business waste permit audit, Business waste tracking control