Objectives: Environment Protection Administration (EPA) launched the first stage plastic shopping bags forbiddance policy on July 1st, 2002, and the first stage plastic (Styrofoam) disposable dishware forbiddance policy on October 1st. In order to learn public opinions on these policies, EPA invited Gallup Market Research Corp. Taiwan (GMRC) to conduct a market research for important reference of future policy making. The first research spanned from August 11th to August 15th, focusing on plastic shopping bags forbiddance policy put in effect on July 1st. The second research spanned from November 4th to November 8th focusing on plastic shopping bags forbiddance policy and plastic (Styrofoam) disposable dishware forbiddance policy, which is put in effect on October 1st. This research mainly covers the following contents: 1.Public awareness of government#s enforcement of "Plastic (Styrofoam) Disposable Dishware Forbiddance Policy", 2.Public behavior of using plastic (Styrofoam) disposable dishware before and after government#s enforcement of "Plastic (Styrofoam) Disposable Dishware Forbiddance Policy", 3.Public support for the full-scale enforcement of "Plastic (Styrofoam) Disposable Dishware Forbiddance Policy", 4.Public awareness of government#s enforcement of "Plastic Shopping Bag Forbiddance Policy", 5.Public behavior of using plastic shopping bags before and after the enforcement of "Plastic Shopping Bag Forbiddance Policy" in government agencies and schools, 6.Public behavior of using plastic shopping bags after the full-scale enforcement of "Plastic Shopping Bag Forbiddance Policy" in the future, 7.Public support for the full-scale enforcement of "Plastic Shopping Bag Forbiddance Policy".

plastic shopping bags,disposable dishware,styrofoam