Taiwan Announces Ban On All Plastic Bags, Straws, and Utensils

Taiwan Announces Ban on All Plastic Bags, Straws, and Utensils 25/3/24, 12:46 PM
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Taiwan Announces Ban

on All Plastic Bags,
Straws, and Utensils
All single-use plastic must be phased out by
2030.
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Par Joe McCarthy

23 février 2018
Ordering take-out, picking up groceries, buying a soft drink —

these are all activities that will change over the next decade in
Taiwan when the island nation imposes a blanket ban on single-
use plastic bags, straws, and cups, according to the Hong Kong
Free Press.
It will be one of the farthest-reaching bans on plastic in the

world, and it demonstrates the momentum of the anti-plastic
movement as the scale of environmental harm caused by the
substance is fully realized.
"We aim to implement a blanket ban by 2030 to significantly

reduce plastic waste that pollutes the ocean and also gets into
the food chain to affect human health," said Lai Ying-yaun, a
Taiwanese Environmental Protection Agency official, in a
statement.
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Taiwan’s ban will be phased in over time and builds on existing

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charges for plastic bags, according to the science website Phys.
The first part of the regulation includes banning chain

restaurants from giving straws to customers in 2019, and then
an overall ban on straws in dining outlets by 2020.
Retail stores will be charged for providing free plastic bags,

disposable food containers, and utensils in 2020 and additional
fees will be added in 2025.
These measures will culminate in a flat-out ban on single-use

bags, utensils, straws, and containers by 2030, Hong Kong Free
Press reports.
Read More: 7 Ways to Cut Junk Plastic From Your Life
“You can use steel products, or edible straws – or maybe you

just don’t need to use straws at all,” Ying-yaun said. “There is no
inconvenience caused at all.”
Taiwan’s announcement is in response to the scale of plastic

pollution.
Globally, around 380 million metric tons of plastic are being

created annually. Meanwhile, an estimated 8 million metric tons
of plastic enter the oceans each year, which is like emptying a
garbage truck of plastic into an ocean every minute.
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The announcement is also part of a larger movement against

plastic in the world as governments realize that the convenience
of plastic is not worth the harm it causes.
The UN recently proposed a global ban on plastic pollution

entering the oceans; Canada is planning to introduce a similar
proposal at the G7 gathering later this year; and a range of
local, state, and federal governments are enacting targeted and
sweeping bans on plastic use.
Read More: ‘Tornado of Plastic’ Envelops Photographer in

Indonesia
Plastic straws in particular have been the focus of

environmental advocates.
Each day, US citizens use about 500 million straws, according

to Eco-Cycle. Considering the US accounts for just 4.4% of the
global population, the global number of straws used daily is
probably much higher.
Almost none of these straws can be recycled because they’re

generally made from single-use plastic and are so flimsy that
they can’t endure the recycling process.
So businesses, cities, and even countries are getting rid of them.
Read More: 7 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Plastic Straws

to Help Save the Oceans
Scotland, for instance, recently announced a ban on single-use

straws to be enacted in 2019.
Taiwan’s ban goes farther by banning a suite of other popular

plastic items. Now, the country needs to convince bigger
consumers of plastic to follow their lead.
Global Citizen campaigns on reducing plastic waste around the

world and you can take action on this issue here.
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Taiwan Announces Ban on All Plastic Bags, Straws, and Utensils 25/3/24, 12:46 PM

ACTU DÉFENDRE LA PLANÈTE

Taiwan Announces Ban

 PARTAGER  PARTAGER  PARTAGER  TWEET

Flickr / European Parliament

Par Joe McCarthy

Ordering take-out, picking up groceries, buying a soft drink —

It will be one of the farthest-reaching bans on plastic in the

"We aim to implement a blanket ban by 2030 to significantly

Take Action: Call on Governments and Business Leaders to

Taiwan’s ban will be phased in over time and builds on existing

The first part of the regulation includes banning chain

Retail stores will be charged for providing free plastic bags,

These measures will culminate in a flat-out ban on single-use

Read More: 7 Ways to Cut Junk Plastic From Your Life

“You can use steel products, or edible straws – or maybe you

Taiwan’s announcement is in response to the scale of plastic

Globally, around 380 million metric tons of plastic are being

Les pays devraient-ils interdire le

The announcement is also part of a larger movement against

The UN recently proposed a global ban on plastic pollution

Read More: ‘Tornado of Plastic’ Envelops Photographer in

Plastic straws in particular have been the focus of

Each day, US citizens use about 500 million straws, according

Almost none of these straws can be recycled because they’re

So businesses, cities, and even countries are getting rid of them.

Read More: 7 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Plastic Straws

Scotland, for instance, recently announced a ban on single-use

Taiwan’s ban goes farther by banning a suite of other popular

Global Citizen campaigns on reducing plastic waste around the

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