Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-26
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Single-use tableware and bottled water will be prohibited at 228 schools in Taipei City from August 
1, Taipei City Government said, estimating to save 12.94 million units of tableware a year, equivalent of the height of 890 Taipei 101 if all the saved tableware units were stacked up.
Taipei Mayor Ke Wen-je has been pressing for a ban on using single-use and Melamine tableware and bottled water since he took office. Therefore, the city government promulgated the enforcement guidelines for banning the use of single-use and Melamine tableware in Taipei City Government on August 26, 2015, which have been enforced in Taipei City Hall since April 1 this year.
Taipei Deputy Mayor Chen Ching-jun announced at a press conference that beginning on August 1, the ban on the use of single-use and Melamine tableware will be comprehensively enforced in all municipal units, including district offices, all Taipei City Hospital branches, the zoo, and all 282 public and private elementary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools in the city. [FULL STORY]
