NCUE our school conducts relevant campus plastic waste sorting and recycling, and follows the guidelines established by the Ministry of Environment, including ‘Restrictions on the Use of Plastic Shopping Bags, Implementation Methods, and Implementation Dates,’ ‘Parties Subject to and Means for Disposable Tableware Use Restrictions,’ ‘Restrictions on the Use of Single-Use Plastic Straws, Applicable Entities, and Implementation Methods,’ and ‘Guidelines for Administrative Agencies and Schools to Reduce the Use of Disposable Tableware and Packaged Drinking Water.’ The plastic recycling data for the past three years at NCUE is as shown in Table 1, related photos as shown in Figure 1-2.

Table 1: The plastic recycling data for the past 3 years at NCUE:

Figure 1. All restaurant stalls on our campus have posted signs indicating that plastic shopping bags are not provided for free, and single-use plastic straws are not available for dine-in customers

Figure 2. 14 types of establishments are prohibited from providing plastic shopping bags for free

For more details, please refer to the website for the regulation:

1. Restrictions on the Use of Plastic Shopping Bags, Implementation Methods, and Implementation Dates: https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL006482#lawmenu

2. Parties Subject to and Means for Disposable Tableware Use Restrictions: https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL006481#lawmenu

3. Restrictions on the Use of Single-Use Plastic Straws, Applicable Entities, and Implementation Methods: https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL007530#lawmenu

4. Guidelines for Administrative Agencies and Schools to Reduce the Use of Disposable Tableware and Packaged Drinking Water: https://hwms.moenv.gov.tw/dispPageBox/getFile/Get.aspx?FileLocation=PJ-EPATW%5CFiles%5C&FileName=2650.pdf

5. https://hwms.moenv.gov.tw/dispPageBox/getFile/Get.aspx?FileLocation=PJ-EPATW%5CFiles%5C&FileName=2691.pdf