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Taiwan's Kitchen Waste Ban to Boost Daily Waste by 100 Tons; Taoyuan Capacity Sufficient

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Taiwan will fully ban feeding pigs with kitchen waste next year, creating a significant waste disposal challenge.
  • Taoyuan City's environmental bureau estimates daily waste will increase to 230 metric tons, but current processing capacity of 255 tons is sufficient.
  • The city is also subsidizing commercial kitchen waste processors to encourage source reduction among businesses.

Taiwan's upcoming ban on feeding pigs with kitchen waste, set to take full effect next year, presents a substantial challenge for waste management. The city of Taoyuan, a key area affected by this policy, anticipates a significant increase in daily waste volume.

The city's main methods for processing kitchen waste are anaerobic digestion and rapid composting, with a maximum processing capacity of 255 metric tons per day.

— Taoyuan Environmental Protection BureauExplaining the city's capacity to handle the increased waste volume.

The environmental bureau in Taoyuan estimates that the daily amount of household and school kitchen waste currently stands at about 130 metric tons. With the ban on using kitchen waste for pig feed, the primary impact will be on the disposal of "business waste." This is expected to push the total daily waste generation to approximately 230 metric tons.

Despite the projected increase, the Taoyuan Environmental Protection Bureau assures that the city's waste processing capacity remains adequate. Utilizing anaerobic digestion and rapid composting methods, the city can handle up to 255 metric tons of waste per day. This capacity is seen as sufficient to meet the anticipated demand, alleviating concerns about waste accumulation.

The overall processing capacity is still sufficient, and can smoothly connect to the disposal demand, so there is no need to worry about kitchen waste having nowhere to go.

— Taoyuan Environmental Protection BureauReassuring the public about the city's waste management capabilities.

To proactively address the issue and assist businesses, the environmental bureau launched a "Commercial Kitchen Waste Machine Subsidy Program" in July. This initiative supports restaurants and catering businesses within the city that purchase commercial waste processing equipment with a capacity of 100 kilograms or more. As of August 17, 13 applications had been received, indicating a positive response from businesses preparing for the policy change and focusing on waste reduction at the source.

The subsidy targets catering businesses and group meal providers in the city. As long as businesses purchase commercial kitchen waste treatment equipment with a designed processing capacity of more than 100 kilograms, they can apply.

— Taoyuan Environmental Protection BureauDescribing the scope and requirements of the subsidy program.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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