Disposable plastic drinking cups are banned in New Taipei City, and 147 businesses in the city were randomly checked on the first day, and all of them complied with the regulations.

(Photo by reporter Gan Menglin)

[Reporter Gan Menglin/New Taipei Report] To implement environmental sustainability and cooperate with the Environmental Protection Agency's plastic restriction policy, New Taipei City implemented the "no more disposable plastic cups" (including biodegradable plastic material PLA cups) in beverage stores within its jurisdiction from yesterday. , Offenders will be fined between 1,200 yuan and 6,000 yuan, and can be fined successively on a case-by-case basis; on the first day of yesterday's implementation, the Environmental Protection Bureau randomly checked 147 businesses that met the regulations, and follow-up inspections will be made irregularly.

Offenders will be fined up to 6,000 and can be fined consecutively

The Environmental Protection Bureau of the Municipal Government pointed out that New Taipei City is the second city to implement it among the six cities, second only to Taipei City, which took the lead in implementing it in December last year. The law enforcement is five months later than Taipei City, considering the difficulties of the industry. Most of the industry They are all willing to cooperate, but the business owners report that the plastic cups purchased in stock have not been used up, and throwing away rashly not only wastes the cost, but also increases the environmental problems caused by discarded plastic cups. After a comprehensive assessment and reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency, New Taipei City was approved to start in May. Disposable plastic cups will be banned from one day onwards.

Cheng Dawei, director of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that according to the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, beverage stores, chain beverage stores, chain convenience stores, chain fast food stores, chain supermarkets and other industries are no longer allowed to provide disposable plastic cups, and will gradually be extended to other industries. It is estimated that New Taipei City can reduce the use of more than 368 million plastic cups a year.

Promote New Taipei Ucup2.0 Circulation Cup

Cheng Dawei said that a number of policies have been promoted before. For example, "New Taipei Ucup" is used to replace disposable cups for road running or garden fairs. As of April this year, the use of more than 150,000 cups has been reduced; 2020 Launched "New Taipei Ucup" in 2.

The ○ version of the recycling cup provides free rental at nine stores in the five administrative districts of Banqiao, Sanchong, Wugu, Luzhou, and Xizhi. People who forget to bring the eco-cup can borrow it with a deposit of 200 yuan, and the deposit will be refunded after use. Continue to add stores that provide free rental.

In addition, the "New Taipei Environmental Season" series of activities also launched the "No Plastic Customer New Mission" this year, and cooperated with non-plastic friendly stores to provide people who bring their own reusable cups to enjoy multiple benefits. New Taipei Ucup and plastic-free customer-friendly stores and For good health discounts, etc., you can check the official website of the Environmental Protection Bureau.