Executive Yuan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) promulgated “Recyclable Waste Auditing and Certification Regulation” based on Article 18, paragraph 2 of “Waste Disposal Act”. EPA Recycling Fund Management Committee is in accordance with the audited and certificated amount by auditing and certification group to subsidy the subsidized organizations. TUV Reinland Taiwan Ltd. (TUV) was entrusted by Taiwan EPA to implement the project “Auditing and Certification Group on Regulated Recyclable Waste (Plastic Waste Containers)”, from April 01, 2007 to Dec 31, 2007. Seventeen subsidized organizations were audited and certificated during this period. The collected and treated amounts of Waste Plastic Containers were 135,901,952 kilograms and 135,370,008 kilograms, respectively. TUV auditing and certification team found 2,214,114 kilograms of impurity and prevented to over subsidy of 16,162,525 NT dollars from Management Committee’s issuance to subsidized organizations. It was positive for waste recycling auditing and certification system. TUV executed 159 times of accounting audit and inventory check, 143 times of environment-safety-health audit, 1,953 times of facility check, 45,257 hours of CCTV monitoring check in the project. The total results of major deviation and abnormal events found through regular/irregular inspections and audits were 51, mainly including impurity of incoming shipments, as well as abnormal certified quantity. For better understanding and management on the type of PP/PE and PS plastic containers, TUV had accomplished a special program by providing the service on “bottle-to-bottle counting inspection” for EPA with 18 batches in 2007. To enhance the control mechanism and assure the proper treatment/disposal on wastes, TUV had accomplished 22 times of outside inspection program of “Derivative wastes tracking”. In accordance with the current situation and problems found, TUV had not only provided concrete solutions for improvement, but also proposed several programs and recommendations for enhancing the auditing and certification efficiency and modify “The Operational Manual”, which was announced on April 1, 2007.

Waste Plastic Containers, Auditing and Certification Body, Obliged Recyclable Waste, Collected/Treated Amount