Taiwan prepares for its plastic straw banby Elizaveta Zaretskaya | 15-07-2019 20:36 |
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 Hi everyone! My name is Lisa Zaretskaya. I would like to draw your attention to my report related to the topic: Taiwan prepares for its plastic straw ban. Everyone knows that plastic products kill all living things. Many countries prohibit the use of plastic utensils, bags and other things made of plastic. Taiwan also tries to use plastic as little as possible. For example, Taiwan is currently preparing to join a growing number of places across the world implementing bans on single-use plastic straws. The policy, announced in May, comes into effect today. The first stage of the ban will apply to some 8,000 government offices, schools, department stores, shopping malls, and fast-food chains for people dining in. Repeat violators will be fined as much as NT$6,000 ($190). The government hopes to totally phase out plastic straws by 2030. Taiwan¡¯s Environmental Protection Administration said that the ban¡¯s gradual roll-out is aimed at getting dine-in customers to get into the habit of not using plastic straws so that they do away with them altogether in future. An official from the agency estimated that Taiwanese go through 3 billion plastic straws a year. This is a huge amount! Plastics, and in particular plastic straws, have come under increased scrutiny for polluting oceans, clogging landfills, and worsening greenhouse-gas emissions, although straws make up only a tiny proportion of the total plastic waste generated worldwide. One company in Taiwan has already developed a reusable cup made from recycled glass that houses a separate compartment inside for the pearls, allowing the user to get the right proportions, plastic free. Float, the company behind the product, said that it would be available at the end of the year. Thank you for your attention.
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