Solid Waste Disposal

• General Introduction
  • Solid Waste Disposal in Taiwan (Updated 2008)
    • Recycling
    • Industrial Waste Management
    • Toxic Chemical Substance Control

• Year 2007
  • Solid Waste Disposal in Taiwan (Updated 2007)
  • Taiwan targets waste management (March 30)

• Year 2006
  • EPA says recycling helps Taiwan save millions of dollars (November 29)
  • New regulations for batteries to come into force soon (August 30)
  • Insufficient public trash cans pose problem to residents, survey finds (June 7)
  • County commissioner wants action on waste (June 7)
  • New law governs search for nuclear waste site (May 12)
  • Local green groups focus on batteries for 2006 Earth Day (April 20)
  • Fines to be applied for poorly sorted household waste (March 31)
  • EPA to remove plastic bag ban on food stalls starting May 1 (March 30)
  • EPA faces dilemmas in two incinerator construction projects (March 29)
  • Batteries to be regulated (March 10)
  • EPA to track garbage trucks, enforce sorting (January 6)

• Year 2005
  • Taipei hosted APEC Conference on Recycling (October 21)
  • Park selling secondhand goods opens with furniture auction (August 19)

• Year 2004
  • Food waste to join paper and plastic as material to be recycled in Taiwan (October 15)

• Year 2003
  • Solid Waste Disposal in Taiwan (Updated 2003)
  • EPA changes tune in bid to promote national recycling (June 25)