Why is Taiwan increasing its imports of plastic waste?

I-Mei Foods CEO Luis Ko asks government officials to explain

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/09/04
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Why is Taiwan increasing its imports of plastic waste? (Photos courtesy of Environmental Protection and Food Safety Volunteers Facebook page).

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As China banned the import of plastic trash this year, Taiwan saw a marked increase in foreign garbage entering the country, leading I-Mei Foods Co. (義美食品) CEO Luis Ko (高志明) to question why the government allowed this to happen, causing the income of low-income elderly people to shrink significantly.

Government officials should value the efforts to keep the living environment clean made by these underprivileged, elderly, low-income “powerless and voiceless” grannies and grandpas, Ko wrote on his Facebook page Monday.

Government officials should also come out and explain under what kind of policy Taiwan should import garbage, especially since a majority could also become a source of pollution for residents’ health and quality of life, and for the environment.

At the end of his post, Ko asks for reactions if anything he wrote was wrong. If the policy was wrong or negligent, the government should explain and apologize, admit errors and make up for them, instead of inventing all kinds of excuses.    [FULL  STORY]

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