Fast food shops and department stores, amongst others to stop providing single-use plastic straws to eat-in customers on July 1 next year
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/06/08
By: Scott Morgan,Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) announced
An assortment of plastic drinking straws (By Wikimedia Commons)
Friday that the first stage of the single-use plastic straw ban will enter into force on July 1, 2019, targeting the public sector, schools, department stores and fast food restaurants.
The first stage of the ban will bar these four groups from providing single-use plastic straws to customers drinking within the premises.
The initial ban is expected to impact around 8,000 stores. The total abolition of single-use plastic straws is hoped to take place by 2025.
Stores who continue to provide the banned tube after July 1, 2019 will first receive a written warning. If the offense continues, they will be fined between NT$1,200 (US$40) and NT$6,000. [FULL STORY]
