Hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores will not be allowed to sell plastic bags
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/23
By: Juvina Lai, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — From the beginning of 2018, plastic shopping bags will be
(By Central News Agency)
forbidden from being sold at hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores.
At a news conference on Friday, Lu Shih-chang (盧世昌), the deputy commissioner of Taipei’s Department of Environmental Protection, urged the three types of stores to not provide plastic bags for free or even to keep them available for sale. However, these chain stores will have the right to sell ‘dual purpose bags’ such that can be used as both shopping bag as well as a trash bag.
There are three sizes that will be made available for the dual bags, a 3-liter bag will cost NT$1, a 6-liter bag will cost NT$2, and a 14-liter bag will cost NT$5. The residents of Taipei City will also be allowed to dispose of garbage using these bags when the garbage truck comes around. [FULL STORY]