Evaluation of Municipal Solid Waste Reduction and Recycle on “Pay-by-Bag Trash Collection Policy” and “Pay-by-Household Water Usage Trash Collection Policy”
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The objectives of this project included the followings;
(1) To compare and evaluate the performance of municipal solid waste reduction and recycle on “Pay-by-Bag Trash Collection Policy” , “Pay-by-Household Water Usage Trash Collection Policy”, and “Forced Waste Mandatory Classification and Recycling Policy“ in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung cities.
(2) To compare and evaluate the recycling performance and auditing manpower in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaoshiung cities.
(3) To evaluate the fairness and justice, and environmental performance of municipal solid waste reduction and recycle on “Pay-by-Bag Trash Collection Policy” and “Pay-by-Household Water Usage Trash Collection Policy”.
(4) To propose the feasible action plans for “Pay-by-Bag Trash Collection Policy” by the acknowledgement from attending experts and scholars.
The accomplishments included：
(1) The performance of municipal solid waste reduction and recycle on different collection and Recycle Policy have been compared and evaluated in Taipei City, Taichung City, Tainan City, and Kaohsiung City.
(2) Shortcomings and benefits of law/policy enforcement and economic tools have been proposed and have been discussed. Some suggestions to improve the present household solid waste recycle policy.
(3) The collected recycle supervision policies and related data have been collected and compared among Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung cities.
(4) Costs, human resources, reduction and recycle effects related to “Pay-by-Bag Trash Collection Policy” and “Pay-by-Household Water Usage Trash Collection Policy” have been examined and compared.
(5) Based on the collected data and information, an action plan including terms of goals, costs, and prospective effects to promote “Pay-by-Bag Trash Collection Policy” has been proposed.
(6) Three discussion meetings and one panel discussion meeting have been held to reach consensus and to meet the project goals.
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Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Reduction, Recycle, Pay-by-Bag, Pay-by-Household Water Usage, Trash Collection
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