Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/24
By: Wu Hsin-yun and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) A ban on offering free plastic shopping bags to customers will be
A sign informing customers of a ban on offering free plastic shopping bags to come into effect Jan. 1.
expanded to another 80,000 retailers, with the aim of reducing plastic bag use by 1.5 billion bags per year, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said Sunday.
The expanded ban will apply to pharmacies, medical equipment stores, computer retailers, consumer electronics and communications stores, book and stationery stores, laundries, beverage stores and bakeries, according to the agency.
The EPA said that beverage stores are expected to see the biggest cut in plastic bag use at an estimated 870 million, followed by book and stationery stores at about 300 million, and pharmacies at 200 million. [FULL STORY]