| 英文摘要 |
This project is being implemented over the period from March 28 to December 31, 2010. The main objective of the project is to help the Environmental Protection Administration gain a better understanding of the implementation status of the Refuse Processing Plan (Review and Outlook for the Future) and the Programs for General Waste Recycling and Resources Recovery, so as to facilitate follow-up and evaluation of the mid-term management objectives relating to the government’s “zero waste” policy. The project also involves the collection of data on the supply and demand situation with regard to general waste processing facilities in Taiwan, and analysis of the impact of the government’s “waste reduction” policy and its policy of promoting the incineration of waste suited to burning (rather than disposing of it in landfill sites) on the volume of waste being disposed of and its component elements, thereby permitting an appraisal of general waste recycling work in Taiwan and of general waste categories and characteristics. The statistics compiled using these data show that, over the period January – August 2010, the recycling rate in Taiwan was 37.52%; the Recycling rate of food waste was 9.24%; the bulky waste recycling and reuse rate was 1%; the volume of municipal waste cleared per capita per day was 0.497 kg; the disposal or treatment rate of municipal waste was 99.97%. These figures show that the original targets have been hit. In order to achieve the goal of reducing the level of waste produced in Taiwan each year to a level 70% below its historic high by 2016, and bring the resource repurposing rate up to 60%, it is recommended that: (1) The recovery methods used for food waste and bulky waste should be reviewed to improve recovery and processing efficiency. (2) Incinerator plant storage pits and landfill sites should be used to implement dehydration of food waste, so as to reduce the cost of processing this waste. (3) Public food waste repurposing and bulky waste repurposing facilities that have spare capacity should proactively assist neighboring districts with repurposing, so as to maximize processing efficiency. (4) More use should be made of private-sector composting and waste timber repurposing facilities. (5) Recovery and repurposing targets should be set for individual counties and cities. (6) Public-sector agencies should give priority to products made from recycled food waste and bulky waste when undertaking purchasing operations. (7) The economic incentives provided by the Resource Recovery Fund Subsidies program should be maintained, so as to encourage increased private-sector involvement in the establishment and operation of recycling facilities for those categories of waste that have been formally designated as targets of recovery and repurposing (i.e. “resources”).
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