Since 1997, EPA has launched “public participation feed-back recycling four-in-one project”, which integrated market mechanism, the production and recycling system, to achieve the overall planning and management of the resources collection, clearing, and recycling market. By means of adjusting the system and regulations, and with the integration of community public, local governments, collectors, and the recycling fund, it is to create a convenient and public participation collection way to increase resources recycling results for the protection of the environments and the sanitation as well as the sustainable utilization of the resources.In accordance with relevant regulations, EPA, through open selection procedure, evaluates and selects fair bodies, and fair bodies execute the inspection and certification operation by the promulgated inspection and certification operation manual. Main functions and purposes of the inspection and certification operation are as under：1.To establish practical, economic, efficient, open, and transparent inspection methods and procedure, so that the works of the collection, clearance, and disposal could be promoted in a fair condition.2.To ascertain the collection and processing quantities of the promulgated general waste to be recovered.3.To inspect and prevent any possible malpractices and risks in the process of the collection, clearance, and disposal.4.To check and facilitate the collection, clearance, disposal operations in recycling organizations to meet related environment protection regulations.There are 77 vehicle-recycling organizations in northern district of Taiwan. This project demands 2 inspectors at recycling organizations for each inspection and certification operation.Through the execution of this project, there are 95,543 cars and 115,529 motors inspected and certified. In the meanwhile, this project has checked the recycling process and the environment of the recycling organizations.

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