To effectively review the certification mechanism and its operation, the EPA made “Review of Recyclable Waste Certification Mechanism and Planning of Most Adequate Certification Operation” or so called “the project” in June 2007. Other than making review on the existing mechanism, there are some long or short term improvement projects are created like certification manual integration, certification operation mode integration and edition, certification bidding merging, upgrade CCTV application efficiency on certification, online reporting mechanism planning for facility receiving subsidy, and classification of recyclable waste certification. These projects will achieve the goal of simplifying the certification operation, reducing the administrative cost, raising the certification efficiency, and become the future reference of operation mechanism amendment. The completed tasks associated with the project are on the followings: I. Create classification of recyclable waste certification mechanism ad most adequate operation 1. Survey of self-management ability of 209 facilities’ receiving subsidy is completed. 2. Onsite inspection of 30 facilities receiving subsidy is competed. 3. There are 5 auditing meetings of classification on the certification mechanism completed. 4. There are 14 onsite inspections done by auditing team of classification on the certification mechanism. 5. Classification of Recyclable Waste Certification Planning Draft has been submitted for review. II. Create recyclable waste certification mechanism operation to simplify the certification operation and maintain its quality 1. Collection, arrangement, and analysis of the existing certification documents and manual are completed. 2. Customer survey of online operation system is completed. 3. Integration and redesign of the certification documents are completed. 4. 27 test trails of certification document use after integration are completed. 5. “Online Reporting Mechanisms and Information System Planning of Recyclable Waste Certification” has been submitted for review. 6. Customer surveys of CCTV establishment in 100 facilities receiving subsidy are completed. 7. “Planning of Collective Management and Instanteous Monitoring of CCTV” has been submitted for review. III. Review the recyclable waste certification operation to raises the quality and reduce the administrative cost 1. The collections of recyclable waste certification mechanism history, operation report and other relevant documents in the past years are completed. 2. “The History of Recyclable Waste Certification in Taiwan” has been submitted for review. 3. Creation of executive planning and measures of recyclable waste certification is completed. 4. Review of recyclable waste certification standard operation manual and its control points are completed. 5. Classification of recyclable waste certification and reinforcement of “core operation” along the reducing of “secondary operation” and “auxiliary operation” are completed. 6. An assessment of self-execution on the recyclable waste certification by Taiwan EPA is completed. 7. “Planning of the Recyclable Waste Certification by Account” has been submitted for review. IV. To accommodate the projects’ final conclusion and achieve the goal, the relevant regulations are studied and conference is held. 1. “Executive Measures of Recyclable Waste Certification “ are completed of their editions. 2. The conformity of “The Recyclable Waste Certification Operation Manual” is completed of its edition. 3. Recyclable Waste Certification Management Conference has been held for 3 times. 4. Recyclable Waste Certification Mechanism Review Conference will be held for 3 times.

Recyclable Waste, Review of Certification Mechanism, Most Adequate Certification Operation