In order to achieve the waste reduction and enhance the value of recycling materials, the main purpose of this project was to evaluate the feasibility for the local EPBs(Environmental Protection Bureau) to manage the sorting operation. The case studies of foreign and domestic recycling plants were conducted to analyze the feasibility based on the administrative, economic, social and environmental aspects. The project also proposed the related supporting strategies to the EPA for consideration. For some materials of the regulated recyclable waste containers, the market values keep raising and the collection rates already reach the optimistic levels. Thus, the project also focuses on developing the evaluation process for deregulating those specific materials, and tries to evaluate the appropriate types of waste containers should be deregulated by stimulating the current situation (based on current data and information). Moreover, in order to lower the possible damage caused by the system reforming and regulation changing, the project team proposed the deregulation procedures and related strategies. To advance the auditing process for the container producers and importers, the project also focused on evaluating the feasibility of regulating the producers and importers of container attachments into recycling system. In addition, the project tries to determine the feasibility which the container attachments should be categorized to regulated recyclable waste or not by gathering and analyzing the information from surveying, consulting, and discussions through professional seminars. The project team already developed the suitable prediction model for the production values of the domestic waste container collection and recycling facilities, and finished predicting the production values from 2008 to 2010 based on the secondary data. During the project period, an expert consultation meeting was held. The experts provided lots valuable suggestions to help the project implementation.

Recycling, Waste, Containers