The move will see 8000 businesses barred from offering customers plastic straws
Taiwan News
Datye: 2018/10/24
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The government is planning to introduce new regulations to curb
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plastic use in certain places next year.
Many places across Taiwan will be barred from providing customers with single-use plastic straws starting July 2019. A number of top hotels around the country have already kicked the habit and are instead using paper straws. It is estimated measures will reduce the consumption of around 300,000 units per year.
The Executive Yuan’s Environmental Protection Administration is to place a ban on the use of plastic straws in four major places: government departments and public buildings, public schools, shopping centers and fast food chains. Around 8000 businesses will be banned from offering single-use straws altogether.
Although the new regulation will only come into effect in July next year, many private businesses have begun adjusting practices already. [FULL STORY]
