In order to highlight Taiwan’s achievements in resource recycling for the past decade through the joint efforts of the recycling industry, local communities and environmental protection bureaus, the Recycling Fund Management Board (RFMB) of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) sponsored the 2008 International Conference on Resource Recycling in December 2008. Resource recycling experts from Europe, Asia and North America were invited to speak at the Conference focusing on three themes: Comparisons of national resource recycling schemes, Advances in waste treatment derived resources, and Added value in resource recycling industry; as well as attending the roundtable discussion following the Conference. The Conference was held at the Howard International House Taipei, December 16-17, 2008. Since the foundation of the Recycling Fund Management Board (RFMB) and the introduction of the Four-in-One Recycling Program in 1998, significant accomplishments have been achieved in the past decade on resource recycling in Taiwan. In order for the public and international stakeholders to understand Taiwan’s efforts and achievements in resource recycling, the RFMB has decided to publish this Annal for the first time. With the publication of this Annal, the RFMB wishes to provide the Taiwan citizens with a comprehensive understanding of the domestic recycling efforts, as well as to record the progression of waste management policy development and the evolution of domestic recycling industry, which can not only serve as historical records but also lessons for future efforts. After multiple meetings between the project team and the RFMB, the outline for the Annal was finally decided; the project team then proceeded with drafting the contents and sending invitations for the two expert forum articles. When the draft text, tables and figures in both Chinese and English were ready, they were sent to the RFMB for approval and revision. The project team also submitted the layout and design for the Annal to RFMB and obtained the approval. In order to improve the quality of the Annal, the project team changed the two-color printing specification as specified in the project contact to full-color printing, and completed the production and printing of the Annal with the final approval of the contents and art design by the RFMB.

Resource recycling, International conference, Annual report