Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/20
By: Lu Kang-chun and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) The northern county of Hsinchu, home to Taiwan’s first science park,
Photo courtesy of Hsinchu County government
is working with industry and academia to make used diapers recyclable, reducing them to raw materials such as pulp and plastic for industrial use.
The county government has established a “Turning Diapers Into Gold” team with local companies and researchers that are devoted to the development of green industry, said Huang Shih-han (黃士漢), head of the Hsinchu County Environmental Protection Bureau, in a recent interview with CNA.
The technology the team has developed to recycle diapers and turn them into products with a high commercial value won a national industrial design award in the area of environmental protection last year, Huang said. [FULL STORY]