By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterEnvironmental Protection Administration (EPA) Minister Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) yesterday invited industrial representatives to sign a “green” deal showing their resolve to create a circular economy. Plastics Industry Development Center president Hsiao Yao-kuei (蕭耀貴), representing the Marine Plastic Waste Circular Economy Alliance, said that alliance members have used plastic waste and fishing nets gathered from ocean cleanups to produce sunglasses, clothes, computers and cellphone bags. Taiwan Concrete Institute vice chairperson Chan Yin-wen (詹穎雯), representing the Construction Resources Circulation Alliance, said alliance members have been recycling coal ash from power plants and steel slag to produce concrete for 20 years. However, the government should reduce legal barriers that obstruct the circulation of recycled materials and products with “green marks,” Chan said. In a bid to seek international collaboration on working toward a circular economy, EPA and other government agency officials are to visit the Holland Circular Economy Week from June 11 to June 14, EPA Department of Waste Management Director-General Lai Ying-ying (賴瑩瑩) said.

Source: Taipei Times June 01, 2018 15:56 UTC