TAIWAN ENVIRONMENT PLASTIC STRAW BAN

Taiwan to become first country to ban use of plastid straw

epa06521443 Plastic straws stick in cups of bubble tea in Taipei, Taiwan, 13 February 2018. Lee Ying-yuan, the country's minister of the Environmental Protection Administration, announced 13 February, that Taiwan will gradually ban the use of plastic straw starting next year, becoming the first country to do so. Under the plan, in 2019, Taiwan will ask large-scale eateries, like restaurants, to stop providing free straw for drinks consumed inside the eateries; in 2020, the ban targeting in-house consumers will expand to all restaurants and drink shops; in 2025, the ban will extend to take-away drinks; in 2030, complete ban on use of plastic straw as welll as plastic shopping bags, plastic cups and spoons. International environmental protection activiats have been campaigning to ban the use of plastic straw which is a main source of environmental pollution because they are used only once, hard to collect for recycling and can kill animals, fish and sea turtles when they swallow plastic straw. EPA/DAVID CHANG

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